Christopher Wright Bio

Christopher D. Wright is a Partner at Pilgrim Capital and with over 9 years of private equity experience. Prior to helping establish Pilgrim, Mr. Wright was a Managing Director at Saugatuck Capital since 2000 where he worked on sourcing and closing deals along with the other Saugatuck partners. At various times, Mr. Wright has served as a Director of 5 Saugatuck portfolio companies: American Pipe & Plastics, Floor & Decor, Power Plus, PPITimes Zero and Waterloo Ventures. Prior to joining Saugatuck, Mr. Wright was a consultant for Bain & Company?s Private Equity Group. While at Bain, he worked on ten private equity transactions providing due diligence, financial analysis, as well as portfolio company strategic and operational consulting. Mr. Wright graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and Operations Research from Princeton University in 1989 and an M.B.A. in Finance from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management in 1998 with honors. Mr. Wright received his C.F.A. charter in 1995.