Sageview Capital
Dean Nelson joined Sageview in 2014 as a Partner based in Greenwich. In his role, Dean is active in sourcing and serving as the senior representative of Sageview on deals. He also works with management teams across Sageview’s portfolio on operational opportunities.
Prior to joining Sageview, Dean was at KKR from 2000-2013, where he founded and led KKR Capstone, an operating team focused on improving performance in KKR’s portfolio companies. In addition to leading KKR Capstone, Dean served as CEO and President of Primedia and as Head of Worldwide Operations and Technology at First Data. He also served on KKR’s Portfolio Committee. In addition, he was a member of several boards of directors while at KKR, including Del Monte, Dollar General, Primedia, Sealy, and the Yellow Pages Group in Canada. Prior to KKR, Dean was a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group for 15 years, serving as a Partner and Head of the firm’s Chicago office.
Dean attended Purdue University, where he received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude. He also has an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, Summa Cum Laude.
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Sageview Capital provides growth equity and operational support to leading tech-enabled businesses. We help ambitious entrepreneurs and management teams with innovative products scale to industry leaders. We are value-add partners, leveraging our extensive industry experience, operational expertise, and network to help companies grow. The Founders of Sageview have been investing together for 30+ years and have served on 65+ corporate boards across various industries and market cycles. We have the network to connect our companies with the customers, executives, and talent required to grow their business, and the experience needed to know the operational best practices for each of our companies to grow wisely. We’re business builders, not deal makers. We run a concentrated portfolio, ensuring senior partner focus and deep involvement in each investment. In addition, the Sageview team is collectively the firm’s single largest investor making up nearly 25% of our invested capital; our companies’ success is our success. Since 2008, Sageview has deployed over $1BN across 25 growth capital investments. The Firm has offices in Greenwich, Connecticut and in Palo Alto, California.