Bio

Prior to establishing Littlejohn Capital, Mr Littlejohn was the co-founder of Littlejohn & Co. LLC in 1996, a private equity firm focused on investing in middle market companies that are undergoing change in capital structure, strategy, operations or growth that can benefit from its operational and strategic approach, and today is Chairman of the Board. Since inception Littlejohn & Co has raised five funds totaling approximately $5.0 billion which have delivered industry leading returns. Prior to Littlejohn & Co, Mr. Littlejohn was a founding partner of Joseph, Littlejohn & Levy in New York, where he was the lead partner responsible for operations at its portfolio companies. Prior to founding JLL, Mr. Littlejohn was a managing director of Quadrex Securities in New York, where he specialized in leveraged buy-outs. Before that, he was a private entrepreneur in mining, aviation and equipment leasing. He began his career as an associate in corporate finance at S.G. Warburg & Co. in London, England after receiving his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973.