Bio

Michael Fitzgerald has focused his career on working closely with managers to improve their organizations, upgrade their companies’ technology and operational capabilities, and to create customer-centric platforms for sustained success and superior investor returns.Prior to joining MidCap Equity Partners, Mike managed a diversified group of companies for Modern Holdings, Inc., (MHI) the U.S. investment arm of Investment AB Kinnevik, a $12 billion, Sweden-based holding company. As Vice President of Business Development at MHI, Mike grew the U.S. business from a single $2 million investment to a diversified portfolio of over $50 million with investments in digital media, telecommunications, school portrait photography, satellite television, healthcare, financial services, and insurance. In addition to sourcing and managing transactions for MHI, Mike served as Chief Executive Officer of several of the group companies.Before MHI, Mike worked as a manager and consultant in the telecom sector, developing strategy, business processes and new product launches for clients in Latin America, Europe, and the U.S. Mike started his telecom career in 1990 as a Product Manager at MCI and later as Director of Product Management at Sprint International, where he managed their international Consumer business.Mike earned an MBA from Stanford University in 1990 and a BA in English from Brown University in 1984. He lives in New York with his wife and two teenage children, and volunteers with the Stuyvesant High School Parents’ Association, YearUp, and the Manhattan Soccer Club.