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J
ay Grossman is co-CEO of ABRY Partners, where he has worked since 1996. At
ABRY he has led numerous transactions throughout the media sector, including broadcasting, cable television, satellite communications, rural telephony, data centers, and health care information services. Founded in 1989, ABRY is one of the most experienced private equity investment firms in North America that specializes in media, communications, information businesses, and business services. Prior to joining ABRY, Jay was managing director and co-head of the Media and Entertainment Group at Prudential Securities, Inc. Previously, he was a member of the corporate finance department of Kidder, Peabody & Company, specializing primarily in media and entertainment companies. Jay has served on a number of corporate boards, including Nexstar Broadcasting, Atlantic Broadband, and RCN. He serves on the Temple Beth Elohim Endowment Committee, and was a youth baseball and soccer coach in Wellesley, where he lives. Jay has a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He has been a member of Rivers’ Finance Committee since 2013. Jay has two sons—Lucas ’18, and Liam, a student at Tenacre.
Jay Grossman
Jonathan Paul is a founding partner of Wheelock Street Capital, a real estate private
equity firm established in 2008 with funds which have invested in more than $3 billion of properties on behalf of institutional and high net worth investors. Jon has 25 years of real estate experience investing in all asset classes including hotel, office, industrial, retail, multifamily, residential land and condominiums, as well as golf and other leisure assets. Prior to co-founding Wheelock, he was a managing member of Rockpoint Group LLC, a real estate private equity firm he co-founded in 2003. He also spent the early years of his career at Morgan Stanley in the real estate and corporate finance areas. Jon received a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth. He serves on Rivers’ Facilities Committee. Jon and his wife Jennifer live in Weston with their four children— Elizabeth, a student at Amherst; Maggie, a student at the University of Michigan; Matt ’17; and Charlotte ’19.
Matthew Vettel is a managing partner of Great Hill Partners, responsible for transaction origination, investment policy, and the general management at the private equity firm. His investment experience covers a diverse group of industries including software, transaction processing, education, and business services. Prior to joining Great Hill Partners, Matt was an associate at GTCR Golder Rauner, a multibillion dollar private equity investment firm, a senior associate at Accenture, and a founding member of PureSpeech, Inc., a speech recognition software company. Matt has served on the boards of companies in the technology, healthcare, and media sectors. He currently serves as chairman of The MATCH Foundation which supports the MATCH Charter Public School, a high school that prepares disadvantaged urban Boston students to attend and excel in college and beyond. He holds a BS in industrial engineering and management from North Dakota State University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Matt is a member of Rivers’ Finance Committee. He and his wife Jenna live in Weston with their three children—Olivia ’16; Henry, a student at Belmont Hill; and Addy ’20.
Jonathan Paul
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