John Mickelson Bio

Prior to becoming a founding partner of Midwest Growth Partners, John was a Managing Director at The PrivateBank (now CIBC) where he was responsible for identifying and structuring loans for middle-market companies. Before PVTB, John worked as an investment banker for First National Bank of Omaha, where he provided M&A advisory services to middle-market companies and at Goldman Sachs in their asset management division. John has been recognized by The M&A Advisor as one of the top 40 M&A professionals under 40. Starting at 14, John has also owned and operated three small companies. John received his BBA, MBA, and JD all from the University of Iowa, where he was an Academic All Big 10 selection and letter-winner on the football team.