Bio

Chet co-founded CCP in 2006. Chet’s professional experience includes over 25 years advising and consulting with family and employee owned companies, and broad experience in both mergers and acquisitions and capital raising. Chet is the former president and CEO of Duff & Phelps, a financial advisory and investment banking firm, growing revenue from $4 million in 1998 to $225 million in 2006. Chet co-founded Duff & Phelps/Inverness, an entity created to make private equity investments, sponsored Hispania Capital Partners, a $125 million private equity fund, and served on the investment committee of Hispania Fund. Chet is on the Board of DePaul University, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Terra Foundation for American Art, The Santa Fe Symphony, and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and the Commercial Club. Chet has a B.A. from Harvard College, and an M.B.A from the University of Chicago.