Kevin Obara

Private Equity Investor at

Trident Management LLC

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Consumer Services

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Kevin Obara is a Director of Investments at Trident, joining in 2022.
Prior to Trident, Mr. Obara was Head of Corporate Development at Handshake, a high growth software company in the human capital and education spaces.
In this role, he led M&A, partnerships, strategic investments and investor relations.
Prior to Handshake, Mr. Obara was a Manager of Corporate Development at JUUL Labs.
Prior to JUUL, Mr. Obara was a hedge fund Senior Associate at Citadel covering financial services and housing sectors.
Prior to Citadel, Mr. Obara worked at the Carlyle Group focusing on growth equity and buyout investments across the major African economies.
Prior to Carlyle, Mr. Obara sourced and executed growth equity investments across the financial, technology and business services sectors at FTV Capital.
Mr. Obara started his career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs.
Mr. Obara holds a BS in Mathematics and Finance from William Paterson University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Kevin Obara active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Trident Management LLC Trident Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Trident Management invests in companies located in the United States with a revenue of USD 10 - 100 million and EBITDA of USD 2 - 20 million. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of healthcare, consumer and industrial sectors. It provides financing in the form of equity for management buyouts, acquisitions and recapitalization transactions with an investment size of USD 5 - 30 million and acquires majority interest.	Private Equity Investor	2022-08-31

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Companies	Position	End
Surveyor Capital Ltd. Surveyor Capital Ltd. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Surveyor Capital is a global, multi-manager equities strategy and is one of Citadel’s three fundamental equities businesses. Their sector-aligned investment teams conduct deep fundamental research, developing an independent view on the companies they cover. They are specialists in their industries and experts in their coverage, building trusted relationships with many corporate management teams. The firm's investment teams leverage Citadel’s proprietary, market-neutral risk framework with the aim of building portfolios that minimize broad market exposures. Using this insight, they act on their investment theses and scale their risk-taking with confidence.	Analyst-Equity	2017-12-31
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Analyst-Equity	-
Financial Technology Ventures Management Co. LLC Financial Technology Ventures Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Financial Technology Ventures invests in private companies located in the United States with revenues of USD 10 - 100 million and enterprise value of USD 40 billion. The firm focuses on financial technology and services, vertical software, enterprise technology & services and health technology & services. It participates in buyouts, acquisitions, spin-offs and growth transactions with an investment size ranging from USD 20 to 300 million. It makes co-investments and also takes a seat on the board of directors.	Private Equity Analyst	-

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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Finance
William Paterson University William Paterson University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Financial Technology Ventures Management Co. LLC Financial Technology Ventures Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Financial Technology Ventures invests in private companies located in the United States with revenues of USD 10 - 100 million and enterprise value of USD 40 billion. The firm focuses on financial technology and services, vertical software, enterprise technology & services and health technology & services. It participates in buyouts, acquisitions, spin-offs and growth transactions with an investment size ranging from USD 20 to 300 million. It makes co-investments and also takes a seat on the board of directors.	Finance
Trident Management LLC Trident Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Trident Management invests in companies located in the United States with a revenue of USD 10 - 100 million and EBITDA of USD 2 - 20 million. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of healthcare, consumer and industrial sectors. It provides financing in the form of equity for management buyouts, acquisitions and recapitalization transactions with an investment size of USD 5 - 30 million and acquires majority interest.	Finance
Surveyor Capital Ltd. Surveyor Capital Ltd. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Surveyor Capital is a global, multi-manager equities strategy and is one of Citadel’s three fundamental equities businesses. Their sector-aligned investment teams conduct deep fundamental research, developing an independent view on the companies they cover. They are specialists in their industries and experts in their coverage, building trusted relationships with many corporate management teams. The firm's investment teams leverage Citadel’s proprietary, market-neutral risk framework with the aim of building portfolios that minimize broad market exposures. Using this insight, they act on their investment theses and scale their risk-taking with confidence.	Miscellaneous
Harvard Business School Harvard Business School Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services