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Lightyear Capital Team Summary

Lightyear Capital’s team includes 11 investment professionals, 1 operations personnel, and 4 admin related team members. The average tenure for the Firm’s senior team is 14 years.

Professionals at Lightyear Capital have previously worked for 5 other investment firms including Capital Z Partners, CI Capital Partners, and New Mountain Capital. Lightyear Capital alumni have gone on to work at 17 other investors including Motive Partners, Aquiline Capital Partners, and Atlas Merchant Capital.

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Team Summary

  • Investment 11
  • Administrative 4
  • Operations 1

Lightyear Capital

Lightyear Capital LLC

40 West 57th Street 22nd Floor,
New York, New York 10019
United States
(212) 328-0555
www.lycap.com
IR@lycap.com

All (16) Senior (11) Midlevel (3) Junior (2)
Name Title Email Phone Office
Mark Vassallo 		Managing Partner confidential@email.com CONFIDENTIAL New York

Mark Vassallo is the Managing Partner and a Member of the Investment Committee at Lightyear Capital. Prior to joining Lightyear at inception, Mr. Vassallo served as a Managing Director at PaineWebber, where he played an integral role in negotiating and managing PaineWebber's merger with UBS in 2000, creating a top wealth and asset management firm. During his two-decade career at PaineWebber, Mr. Vassallo served the firm operating across a range of businesses including investment banking, corporate mergers and acquisitions, hedge funds, private client group, and several other areas. Mr. Vassallo holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. He is a member of the St. Mark’s School Board of Trustees and a former Board Member of NYC Outward Bound Schools.
Function: Investment

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