Profile
Mr. Shawn R.
Ely is a Director-Business Development at Edgewater Growth Capital Partners.
Prior to joining Edgewater in March 2012, he was Managing Director at South Franklin Street Partners LLC.
He joined South Franklin Street Partners in April 2007.
Prior to joining SFSP, he was a Director with a NY-based turnaround.
Previously, he had served as the Senior Vice President of Operations and Administration for Big Rock Sports, a $300mm specialty distributor jointly owned by Key Principal Partners and JP Morgan Capital Partners.
Big Rock Sports was a portfolio company of Mr. Ely’s at Key Principal Partners, where he had spent six years making both controlling and non-controlling investments in middle market companies across the U.S.
Prior to his tenure with Key Principal Partners, he served as a Vice President with a Cleveland-based regional investment banking firm where he focused on executing middle market M&A and Capital Raising transactions for clients in a variety of markets.
He had also spent several years in both the workout group at Key Bank and the corporate treasury division of KeyCorp.
Mr. Ely graduated with a BS, cum laude, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and earned his MBA, with honors, from the University of Chicago.
Former positions of Shawn R. Ely
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South Franklin Street Partners LLC
South Franklin Street Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance South Franklin Street Partners LLC (South Franklin Street) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by William Vogelgesang, Raymond Lancaster, and Jeffrey Dombcik. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. | Private Equity Investor | 2012-02-27 |
Big Rock Sports LLC
Big Rock Sports LLC Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services Big Rock Sports LLC designs, manufactures, and distributes taxidermy products. It distributes sporting goods, fishing, hunting and shooting equipment. The firm offers fishing, hunting, shooting, firearms, ammunition, camping, marine, and electronics and boating supplies. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Graham, NC. | Chief Administrative Officer | 2004-12-31 |
Training of Shawn R. Ely
University of Pennsylvania | Undergraduate Degree |
The University of Chicago | Masters Business Admin |
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Big Rock Sports LLC
Big Rock Sports LLC Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services Big Rock Sports LLC designs, manufactures, and distributes taxidermy products. It distributes sporting goods, fishing, hunting and shooting equipment. The firm offers fishing, hunting, shooting, firearms, ammunition, camping, marine, and electronics and boating supplies. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Graham, NC. | Distribution Services |
South Franklin Street Partners LLC
South Franklin Street Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance South Franklin Street Partners LLC (South Franklin Street) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by William Vogelgesang, Raymond Lancaster, and Jeffrey Dombcik. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. | Finance |
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