Sander Levy
Director/Board Member at SYMETRA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Profile
Sander Levy is the Managing Member of Lakeside Capital Holdings, a private investment firm.
He is a Co-Founder of Bridge Growth Partners and a Senior Advisor of the Firm and served as a Managing Principal from Bridge Growth’s founding in 2013 until April 2021.
Prior to Bridge Growth Partners, he was a Managing Director of Vestar Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm, which at the time managed over $8 billion of equity capital, and was a founding partner at the firm’s inception.
Mr. Levy was Co-Chair of Vestar’s Investment Committee, a member of the Executive Committee, and was primarily responsible for the firm’s financial services practice.
Earlier in his career, he was a member of the Management Buyout Group of First Boston (now Credit Suisse).
He currently serves as Director of Symetra Financial, and is a former Director of SalientCRGT, Clark Schwebel, Duff & Phelps, Gleason, Sun Apparel, Triton Container, Validus and WiltonRe Holdings, among other Vestar-related companies.
In addition, Mr. Levy serves as a Trustee of The Jewish Museum.
He previously served as a member of the Board, Executive Committee and was Chair of the Finance Committee of The Birthright Israel Foundation.
He also served on the Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets of The Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Mr. Levy graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and holds an M.B.A.
from Columbia Business School.
Sander Levy active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
| SYMETRA FINANCIAL CORPORATION | Director/Board Member | 2004-08-01 |
Bridge Growth Partners LLC
 Bridge Growth Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Bridge Growth Partners LLC (Bridge Growth Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Joseph M. Tucci, Alok Singh and Sander Morton Levy. The firm headquartered in New York. | Founder | 2013-05-31 |
First Symetra National Life Insurance Co. of New York
 First Symetra National Life Insurance Co. of New York Multi-Line InsuranceFinance Part of Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., First Symetra National Life Insurance Co. of New York is a private company that provides insurance services. The company is based in New York, NY and was founded in 1990. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2011-05-25 |
Former positions of Sander Levy
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
VCP I Inc
 VCP I Inc Investment ManagersFinance VCP I Inc (VCP) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Vestar Management Corp. II founded in 1988 by Norman W. Alpert, Daniel S. O’Connell and Robert L. Rosner. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Founder | 2013-04-29 |
Kroll LLC
 Kroll LLC Investment ManagersFinance Kroll LLC provides global advisory services. It offers valuation advisory; governance, risk, investigation, and disputes; kroll cyber risk, corporates finance, and compliance and regulatory consulting. The company was founded by William Duff and George Phelps in 1932 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | 2012-12-31 |
| VALIDUS HOLDINGS, LTD. | Director/Board Member | 2012-05-01 |
Duff & Phelps Acquisitions LLC
 Duff & Phelps Acquisitions LLC Investment ManagersFinance Part of Kroll LLC, Duff & Phelps Acquisitions LLC is an American company that offers financial advisory and investment management services. | Director/Board Member | 2007-08-31 |
| First Boston Corp. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1987-12-30 |
Training of Sander Levy
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | Undergraduate Degree |
| Columbia Business School | Masters Business Admin |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 1 |
|---|---|
| ST. JOHN KNITS INT'L, INC | Retail Trade |
| Private companies | 16 |
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| First Boston Corp. | Finance |
Gleason Corp.
 Gleason Corp. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Gleason Corp. provides total gear solutions. The firm offers cylindrical and bevel gear, metrology solutions, work holding, and cutting tools. It also provides machinery for the production, finishing, and testing of gears as well as support system which provides replacement parts, field service, application development services, gear design and inspection software, training programs, engineering support, and machine rebuild and upgrade services. The company was founded by William Gleason in 1865 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY. | Producer Manufacturing |
St. John Knits, Inc.
 St. John Knits, Inc. Apparel/FootwearConsumer Non-Durables St. John Knits, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets fine women's clothing and accessories. It offers jackets, skirts, pants, tops, jeans, pumps, sling backs, loafers, boots, sandals, earrings, necklaces, chokers, pins, bracelets, handbags, belts, barware, candle holders, and napkin rings. St. John Knits was founded by Robert E. Gray and Marie Gray in 1962 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA. | Consumer Non-Durables |
Validus Holdings Ltd.
 Validus Holdings Ltd. Property/Casualty InsuranceFinance Validus Holdings Ltd. provides insurance, reinsurance and asset management services. Its products focuses on accident and health, aviation, cargo, casualty, construction, contingency, crisis management, energy, financial lines, fine arts and specie, marine, professional lines, and property. The company was founded on October 19, 2005 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda. | Finance |
VCP I Inc
VCP I Inc Investment ManagersFinance VCP I Inc (VCP) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Vestar Management Corp. II founded in 1988 by Norman W. Alpert, Daniel S. O’Connell and Robert L. Rosner. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
Symetra Financial Corp.
 Symetra Financial Corp. Life/Health InsuranceFinance Symetra Financial Corp. engages in providing financial services. The firm operates through following four business segments: Benefits, Deferred Annuities, Income Annuities and Individual Life. The Benefits segment offers medical stop-loss insurance, limited benefit medical plans, and group life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and disability income insurance to employer groups. The Deferred Annuities segment offers fixed and variable deferred annuities. The Income Annuities segment offers single-premium immediate annuities and single-premium deferred-payout annuities. The Individual Life segment offers term, universal and variable life insurance, as well as bank-owned and corporate-owned life insurance. Its products include employee benefits, annuities and life insurance. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA. | Finance |
Kroll LLC
Kroll LLC Investment ManagersFinance Kroll LLC provides global advisory services. It offers valuation advisory; governance, risk, investigation, and disputes; kroll cyber risk, corporates finance, and compliance and regulatory consulting. The company was founded by William Duff and George Phelps in 1932 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Finance |
Duff & Phelps LLC
 Duff & Phelps LLC Investment ManagersFinance Duff & Phelps LLC provides financial advising and investment banking services. It's consulting and investment banking services include financial reporting and tax valuation, fixed asset and real estate consulting, M&A advisory, fairness and solvency opinions, ESOP and ERISA advisory services, legal business solutions and dispute consulting. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Finance |
Triton Container International Ltd.
 Triton Container International Ltd. Other TransportationTransportation Triton Container International Ltd. operates marine cargo container fleet. It offers dry van, refrigerated, flat rack, and open top equipment. The company was founded by Edward Schneider in 1980 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda. | Transportation |
Wilton Re Ltd.
 Wilton Re Ltd. Insurance Brokers/ServicesFinance Wilton Re Ltd. provides insurance and reinsurance services. It specializes in the acquisition of in force life insurance and annuities as well as with assisting life insurance clients with product development, underwriting and new business strategies. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT. | Finance |
| Federal Reserve Bank of New York | Government |
Validus Reinsurance Ltd.
 Validus Reinsurance Ltd. Multi-Line InsuranceFinance Validus Reinsurance Ltd. provides reinsurance services. It offers property catastrophe, per risk, marine and energy, retrocession, and specialty short-tail lines of reinsurance. It also provides property pro rata, aviation and satellite, war risk, terrorism, and workers' compensation catastrophe services. The company was founded in December 2005 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda. | Finance |
First Symetra National Life Insurance Co. of New York
First Symetra National Life Insurance Co. of New York Multi-Line InsuranceFinance Part of Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., First Symetra National Life Insurance Co. of New York is a private company that provides insurance services. The company is based in New York, NY and was founded in 1990. | Finance |
Duff & Phelps Acquisitions LLC
Duff & Phelps Acquisitions LLC Investment ManagersFinance Part of Kroll LLC, Duff & Phelps Acquisitions LLC is an American company that offers financial advisory and investment management services. | Finance |
CRGT, Inc.
 CRGT, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services CRGT, Inc. provided information technology services. It specialized in mobility, cyber security, big data analytics, agile development, system integration, IT services management, infrastructure optimization and business systems services. The company was founded in 1985 and was headquartered in Reston, VA. | Technology Services |
Bridge Growth Partners LLC
Bridge Growth Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Bridge Growth Partners LLC (Bridge Growth Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Joseph M. Tucci, Alok Singh and Sander Morton Levy. The firm headquartered in New York. | Finance |
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