Investment Committee
Joachim Gfoeller, Jr.
Mr. Gfoeller co-founded GMG Capital Partners in 1997 and has served as its Managing General Partner since then. Since 2004, Mr. Norris has been actively involved on the Board of Directors of a number of GMG portfolio companies.
Prior to joining the General Partner, Mr. Gfoeller was one of the founding partners of Stolberg Partners, a New York based $70 million buyout fund established in 1993. At Stolberg Partners, Mr. Gfoeller had extensive experience investing in the private equity market, particularly in the manufacturing and distribution industries. Prior to establishing Stolberg Partners, Mr. Gfoeller served as a vice president of the money management firm Weiss, Peck & Greer (1988-1993) and as a partner of its buyout group (1992-1993).
While at Stolberg Partners and Weiss, Peck & Greer, Mr. Gfoeller was responsible for generating private equity deal flow through his extensive network in the Midwest, the South and the East Coast and was involved in all phases of the private equity investment process from finding investment opportunities, conducting due diligence, making investments to creating exit strategies.
Mr. Gfoeller is a Director or Board advisor to Forum Systems, Lancope and OpenPeak. He also sat on the Board of Directors of Phobos and StorageApps prior to their acquisitions by, respectively, SonicWALL for approximately $270 million and Hewlett-Packard for approximately $350 million.
Mr. Gfoeller holds a B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in International Studies from The Ohio State University (1981), a M.A., with honors, Economics/Latin American Studies from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (1983) and an M.B.A., Finance from the Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania (1988).
Prior to joining the General Partner, Mr. Gfoeller was one of the founding partners of Stolberg Partners, a New York based $70 million buyout fund established in 1993. At Stolberg Partners, Mr. Gfoeller had extensive experience investing in the private equity market, particularly in the manufacturing and distribution industries. Prior to establishing Stolberg Partners, Mr. Gfoeller served as a vice president of the money management firm Weiss, Peck & Greer (1988-1993) and as a partner of its buyout group (1992-1993).
While at Stolberg Partners and Weiss, Peck & Greer, Mr. Gfoeller was responsible for generating private equity deal flow through his extensive network in the Midwest, the South and the East Coast and was involved in all phases of the private equity investment process from finding investment opportunities, conducting due diligence, making investments to creating exit strategies.
Mr. Gfoeller is a Director or Board advisor to Forum Systems, Lancope and OpenPeak. He also sat on the Board of Directors of Phobos and StorageApps prior to their acquisitions by, respectively, SonicWALL for approximately $270 million and Hewlett-Packard for approximately $350 million.
Mr. Gfoeller holds a B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in International Studies from The Ohio State University (1981), a M.A., with honors, Economics/Latin American Studies from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (1983) and an M.B.A., Finance from the Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania (1988).
