Gregory Jones
Director/Board Member at Endeavor Health LLC
Profile
Greg is a senior partner and one of the founding principals at Chicago based Edgewater Private Equity Funds and serves on the portfolio company boards of Brilliance Technology, Premier Safety, Reflective Apparel, Flex Pack, Unitech Aerospace, Solgen and various other portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Edgewater, Greg has held CEO and senior operating management positions with three companies.
Greg co-founded uBid.com, a leading online auction marketplace, and became its CEO and Chairman.
In four years, he built the company’s revenues to approximately $500 million and had a highly successful IPO.
The company was subsequently sold for nearly $500 million.
Prior to uBid.com, Greg was at APAC Teleservices, Inc., becoming Senior Vice President.
During his tenure, APAC increased revenues from $100 million to $276 million and completed a successful IPO.
Prior to APAC, he was President and COO of the Reliable Corporation of Chicago, a $200 million dollar revenue direct marketing business which was sold to Boise Cascade.
Greg is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago Commonwealth Club, and the Economic Club of Chicago.
He has received the State of Michigan Leadership Award, the 1999 Ernst & Young and the KPMG Entrepreneur of the Year awards.
He was inducted into the University of Illinois-Chicago’s Entrepreneur Hall of Fame and is an Entrepreneurial Fellow at Miami University, Ohio.
He is also a past Chicago Chapter Chairman of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and is currently a member of YPO Gold and is Chicago City Chair for Chief Executives Organization (CEO) and serves on the International Board.
Gregory Jones active positions
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Edgewater Services LLC
 Edgewater Services LLC Investment ManagersFinance Edgewater Services LLC (Edgewater Services) is a Private Equity firm is founded in 1991 by Jim A Gordon. The firm is headquartered in Chicago. | Private Equity Investor | 2000-12-31 |
Bolder Capital LLC
 Bolder Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Bolder Capital LLC is a private equity firm founded in January 1, 2004. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Endeavor Health LLC
 Endeavor Health LLC Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Northshore University Healthsystem provides healthcare services. The firm offers family, nuclear, pulmonary medicine, plastic surgery and surgical services. It also offers teaching and research programs, and trauma, prenatal and mammography centers. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Evanston, IL. | Director/Board Member | - |
Chicago Horticultural Society
 Chicago Horticultural Society Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Chicago Botanic Garden promotes understanding and conservation of plants. Its activities include educational & horticulture programs such as representing varied landscape elements and specialty collections, plant conservation, as well as art, culture, and humanities programs. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Glencoe, IL | Director/Board Member | 2011-07-06 |
Accelerate Institute
 Accelerate Institute Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Accelerate Institute is an organization that aims to close the achievement gap by training school leaders to transform schools into healthy, safe environments that are culturally relevant and centered on student learning outcomes. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The company provides practical day-to-day strategies to improve leadership practice in schools for principals, assistant principals, deans, and other leadership team members in order to improve teachers ’ instructional practice and positively impact academic outcomes. The company was founded by Patrick G. Ryan, and Nora Ligurotis has been the CEO of the company since 2014. | Director/Board Member | - |
| World Sport Chicago | Director/Board Member | - |
Lyric Opera of Chicago
 Lyric Opera of Chicago Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Lyric Opera of Chicago provides live theatrical presentations. The company was founded by Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno and Lawrence V. Kelly in 1954 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Director/Board Member | - |
| Farmer School of Business | Director/Board Member | - |
Accutest Laboratories of New England, Inc.
 Accutest Laboratories of New England, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Accutest Laboratories of New England, Inc. provides environmental analytical services. It offers services to industrial, engineering, consulting, and government clients. The company was founded on April 17, 1990 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA. | Director/Board Member | - |
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Training of Gregory Jones
| Miami University | Undergraduate Degree |
| Kellogg School of Management | Masters Business Admin |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| GLOBAL INVACOM GROUP LIMITED | Electronic Technology |
| Private companies | 13 |
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Edgewater Services LLC
Edgewater Services LLC Investment ManagersFinance Edgewater Services LLC (Edgewater Services) is a Private Equity firm is founded in 1991 by Jim A Gordon. The firm is headquartered in Chicago. | Finance |
Lake Forest Academy
 Lake Forest Academy Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Lake Forest Academy operates as a boarding and day school. It offers programs in arts, science, language, and personality development. The firm operates as a non-profit organization. The company was founded in 1857 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, IL. | Consumer Services |
Acentia LLC
 Acentia LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Acentia, LLC provides business management and technology consulting services. It provides software, information technology, and management solutions that produce programs of national significance, while consistently demonstrating a partnership of trust and value to the federal customers and the American taxpayer. The company was founded by Michael S. Dietz and Stefan Lalos in 2001 and is headquartered in Falls Church, VA. | Commercial Services |
Endeavor Health LLC
Endeavor Health LLC Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Northshore University Healthsystem provides healthcare services. The firm offers family, nuclear, pulmonary medicine, plastic surgery and surgical services. It also offers teaching and research programs, and trauma, prenatal and mammography centers. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Evanston, IL. | Health Services |
Chicago Horticultural Society
Chicago Horticultural Society Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Chicago Botanic Garden promotes understanding and conservation of plants. Its activities include educational & horticulture programs such as representing varied landscape elements and specialty collections, plant conservation, as well as art, culture, and humanities programs. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Glencoe, IL | Commercial Services |
Accelerate Institute
Accelerate Institute Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Accelerate Institute is an organization that aims to close the achievement gap by training school leaders to transform schools into healthy, safe environments that are culturally relevant and centered on student learning outcomes. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. The company provides practical day-to-day strategies to improve leadership practice in schools for principals, assistant principals, deans, and other leadership team members in order to improve teachers ’ instructional practice and positively impact academic outcomes. The company was founded by Patrick G. Ryan, and Nora Ligurotis has been the CEO of the company since 2014. | Commercial Services |
| World Sport Chicago | |
Bolder Capital LLC
Bolder Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Bolder Capital LLC is a private equity firm founded in January 1, 2004. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | Finance |
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Lyric Opera of Chicago provides live theatrical presentations. The company was founded by Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno and Lawrence V. Kelly in 1954 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Consumer Services |
Accutest Laboratories of New England, Inc.
Accutest Laboratories of New England, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Accutest Laboratories of New England, Inc. provides environmental analytical services. It offers services to industrial, engineering, consulting, and government clients. The company was founded on April 17, 1990 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA. | Commercial Services |
| APAC TeleServices, Inc. | Commercial Services |
Reliable Corp.
 Reliable Corp. Industrial SpecialtiesProcess Industries Part of Westbury Metals Group, Inc., Reliable Corp. is a manufacturer of silver chemicals, powder, and flake for industrial applications. The company is based in Waterbury, CT. The company's products include silver nitrate, silver carbonate, and silver oxide, which are used in specialty industrial applications where purity and consistency are process critical. The company also offers evaporation materials such as gold pellets/slugs, silver pellets/slugs, silver wire, rod, strip, anodes, salts, silver nitrate, sputtering targets, and thin film evaporation materials. Reliable was acquired by Westbury Metals Group, Inc. on July 16, 1999 for $2.11 million. | Process Industries |
Brilliance Financial Technology UK Ltd.
 Brilliance Financial Technology UK Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Part of Brilliance US LLC, Brilliance Financial Technology UK Ltd. is a financial services holding company. The company is based in London, UK. Founded in 2014, it functions as a holding British company for financial services. | Finance |
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