IMMIGRANT PROFILE: DARREN HUSTON Credit- LCR Capital Partners
ABOUT LCR CAPITAL PARTNERS Founded by first-generation U.S. immigrants who met at and graduated from Harvard Business School in 1997, LCR Capital Partners is a global private investment firm that deploys growth capital in signature real estate and hospitality projects as well as the well-established U.S. franchise industry.
DARREN HUSTON – EARLY LIFE Darren Huston was born on the 3rd of January 1966 in Canada. After completing grade school, Huston finished his high school studies in Italy at the United World College of the Adriatic. He has done BS in Economics From Trent University. MA in Economics from University of British Columbia.
IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER THAT,
Darren Huston attended the Harvard Business School in United States and achieved MBA. He served as the Economic Advisor to the Canadian Government for 2 years between 1990 to 1992. After returning to the US, he took an executive job between 1994 -1998 at McKinsey & Company in both Seattle And Atlanta.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND & ACHIEVEMENTS In 1998, Darren Huston took the Senior Vice President position at the Seattle based company of Starbucks. He served in this post until 2003. Huston served as the President and CEO of American giant Microsoft in Japan in 2005. By 2008, he began to run Microsoft’s Consumer and Online business as the company’s Corporate Vice President. Darren Huston transitioned to Booking.com and became the CEO in 2011. After that, he joined the parent company known as Priceline in 2014. He has contributed much to the economy of the US with companies such as Priceline.
BLACKPINES FOUNDER &CEO Now Darren Huston the founder & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BlackPines Capital Partners incorporated in May 2016 in The Hague. BlackPines’ mission is to help both owners and leaders of private companies optimize the value of their investments.