Bio

Laird Koldyke is a senior private equity professional with more than 25 years of experience in sourcing, executing, managing and governing growth equity investments, with a particular focus on growth consumer companies. Prior to founding Winona Capital, he held the position of General Partner with Frontenac Company, a private equity firm with over $1 billion under management. Laird has served on the boards of numerous consumer companies including Chipotle Mexican Grill, Einstein’s Bagels, Wild Oats Markets, Home Fashions Inc., Marks Bros. Jewelers, Leewards Crafts, and The Laird Norton Company. Currently, he is a director of Evereve, Monica Vinader, and Rodd & Gunn. He holds a master’s degree from The Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University. He regularly lectures at his alma mater on leadership and private equity and as far as he knows, most of the students stay awake. After rooting each and every summer for as long as he can remember, Laird was ecstatic when the Cubs finally broke the curse.