November 18, 2019
The Sterling Group, a Houston-based, operationally-focused middle-market private equity firm, announces the addition of Nathaniel Reeve, Kern Vijayvargiya, both Vice Presidents, Jared Bell and Joe Cueter, both Associates. In addition, Christine Shtepani has joined the firm as a Senior Associate, Sourcing and Abby Russell has joined as an Associate focused on Investor Relations. Each new hire shares a passion for building industrial businesses, and we welcome them to the Sterling team.
Nathaniel Reeve
Vice President
Nate joins Sterling after graduating from Harvard Business School. Previously, he was Director of FP&A at Warby Parker.
Portfolio Companies: Polychem
Kern Vijayvargiya
Vice President
Kern joins from Tiger Global Management where he was focused on analyzing investments in the technology and consumer sectors. Kern received an M.B.A from The Wharton School.
Portfolio Companies: Highline
Christine Shtepani
Senior Associate, Sourcing
Prior to Sterling, Christine was an Associate on the Leveraged Finance team at J.P. Morgan focusing on acquisition financing, leveraged high yield debt originations for regional diversified middle market and corporate clients.
Abby Russell
Associate, Investor Relations
Abby joins Sterling from Evercore where she focused on advising clients in the energy industry on mergers and acquisitions. Abby is also a licensed CPA in the State of Texas.
Jared Bell
Associate
Jared joins from Credit Suisse, where he focused on mergers, acquisitions, and high yield financings for companies across the energy industry.
Portfolio Companies: Tangent and Highline
Joe Cueter
Associate
Joe joins Sterling from Harris Williams, where he focused on advising clients in the helathcare and life sciences industry on mergers and acquisitions. Joe is a Certified Public Accountant.
Portfolio Companies: Time and DexKo
About The Sterling Group
Founded in 1982, The Sterling Group is a private equity investment firm that targets controlling interests in basic manufacturing, distribution and industrial services companies. Typical enterprise values of these companies range from $100 million to $750 million. Sterling has sponsored the buyout of 55 platform companies and numerous add-on acquisitions for a total transaction value of over $10.0 billion. Currently, Sterling has over $2.0 billion of assets under management. For further information, please visit www.sterling-group.com.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results and all investments are subject to loss.
August 01, 2018
The Sterling Group, a Houston-based, operationally focused middle market private equity firm, announced the addition of Jud Morrison as Operating Partner, as well as John Griffin and Johann Friese, both Vice Presidents.
In the role of Operating Partner, Jud will partner closely with Sterling’s investment professionals to drive the execution of operational initiatives at Sterling portfolio companies and continuous improvement efforts within Sterling. Jud brings over 20 years of operations experience gained at various firms, including ExxonMobil, McKinsey & Company, Valerus Compression Services, LP and most recently as a member of TPG Capital’s Operating Group.
“We welcome Jud’s broad base of operational expertise with industrial companies,” said Brian Henry, a Partner at The Sterling Group. “He will play a critical role in the execution and continued refinement of the Sterling value creation model.” Historically, driving organic EBITDA growth through operational improvements has been the key driver of Sterling’s success.
John Griffin, Vice President, joins Sterling from McKinsey & Company where he was focused on strategy and operational initiatives for industrial and energy businesses. John also brings experience from Madison Dearborn Partners. Johann Friese, Vice President, joins after graduating from Harvard Business School. Johann previously worked at Advent International and J.P. Morgan.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results and all investments are subject to loss.
May 20, 2016
The Sterling Group, a middle market private equity firm based in Houston, announced the addition of Sreenu Tadavarthy as Senior Vice President of Business Development. Sreenu is based in Chicago and will lead the firm’s origination and deal sourcing activities within the Midwest. He will also support the firm’s broader sourcing effort by assisting in the development of investment themes and working with executives seeking to partner with private equity.
Sreenu possesses over 20 years of M&A and corporate finance experience gained at various investment banks, including Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., CIBC Oppenheimer Corp. and most recently TTK Partners, LLC, a boutique advisory firm that he co-founded and served as Partner for 10 years. “We welcome Sreenu’s broad base of relationships and transaction experience with industrial companies,” said Jim Apple, Managing Director. “Sreenu’s long tenure advising on corporate divestitures will be a great benefit to Sterling’s targeted sourcing efforts.”
Sterling is currently investing out of its fourth fund with $1.28 billion in commitments. Sterling has completed 23 corporate-carve-outs and has partnered with 14 family businesses since its founding in 1982. Sterling focuses on implementing an operational investment strategy to fundamentally grow and improve North American based industrial businesses.
About The Sterling Group
Founded in 1982, The Sterling Group is a private equity investment firm that targets controlling interests in basic manufacturing, distribution and industrial services companies. Typical enterprise values of these companies range from $100 million to $750 million. Sterling has sponsored the buyout of 47 platform companies and numerous add-on acquisitions for a total transaction value of over $10.0 billion. Currently, Sterling has $2.3 billion of assets under management. For further information, please see our website: www.sterling-group.com
The Sterling Group is an operationally focused middle market private equity firm that builds winning businesses for customers, employees and investors.
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