Behrman Capital Announces the Death of Co-Founder Darryl G. Behrman.Business Editors NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of AND SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 2002 Behrman Capital, a private investment firm, today announced that firm co-founder Darryl G. Behrman died unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 12, 2002, while vacationing in Anguilla. He was 51 and lived in Scarsdale, New York “Scarsdale” redirects here. For other uses, see Scarsdale (disambiguation). Scarsdale is both a town and village in Westchester County, New York, United States postal code 10583. It is a northern suburb of New York City. . The cause of death was a heart attack, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. his son Greg. One of three managing partners at Behrman Capital, Mr. Behrman co-founded the firm with his brother, Grant Behrman, in 1992. Behrman Capital has $1.8 billion of investor commitments under management. The Firm focuses on making equity investments in non-public companies, principally as leveraged buyouts, in four key areas: information technology, outsourcing, business services and contract manufacturing. Behrman Capital's portfolio company investments have included, among others, Nimbus CD International, Kalpana and The Management Network Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TMNG TMNG The Management Network Group, Inc ). Mr. Behrman served as Chairman of the Board of Esoterix, Inc. and served on the boards of ADVENTIS Corporation, Tandem Health Care, Inc. and Executive Greetings, Inc. Prior to founding Behrman Capital, Mr. Behrman was a partner in Schroder Wertheim & Co. Incorporated. While at the firm, he specialized in middle-market mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and management buyouts. From 1974 to 1981, Mr. Behrman was affiliated with Citicorp's Merchant Banking Group in New York and headed Citicorp's Corporate Advisory Group in London. Mr. Behrman, a member of the Explorers Club, was an accomplished outdoorsman. He held eight world records in fly fishing, summited Long's Peak via the North Face route in Colorado and Mt. Kilimanjaro via the Umbwe route in Tanzania, and co-led an expedition into the polar regions polar regions: see Antarctica; Arctic, the. of the High Arctic High Arctic Noun the regions of Canada, esp. the northern islands, within the Arctic Circle . An avid runner, he completed the 1997 New York City Marathon The New York City Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race run over a 42,195 m (26.2 mile) course through all five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon race in the world, and with 37,866 finishers in 2006, was also the largest marathon race ever run. . He also qualified in his age group to compete in the 1998 U.S. National Triathalon Championships. Mr. Behrman was born on July 23, 1950 in Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. . He received an undergraduate degree “First degree” redirects here. For the BBC television series, see First Degree. An undergraduate degree (sometimes called a first degree or simply a degree in business from the University of the Witwatersrand Due to the 1959 Extension of University Education Act the school was only allowed to register a small number of black students for most of the apartheid era, even though several notable black anti-apartheid leaders graduated from the university. in Johannesburg, and an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Stanford University. He became a naturalized nat·u·ral·ize v. nat·u·ral·ized, nat·u·ral·iz·ing, nat·u·ral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To grant full citizenship to (one of foreign birth). 2. To adopt (something foreign) into general use. United States citizen in 1981. Mr. Behrman is survived by his adoring wife of 28 years, Janine of Scarsdale; his son, Greg of Oxford, England; his daughter, Amanda of San Francisco; his brother, Grant of Greenwich, Connecticut; and his mother, Fay Behrman of New York. Close family members who also survived him are his mother-in-law, Gloria Stern, sisters-in-law Shelley Behrman and Felicia Stern, brother-in-law, Colin Stern, and niece and nephews, Kim and Doug Behrman and Craig and Gary Stern.
The following letter was sent by Behrman Capital to each of its
limited partners:
All of us at Behrman Capital were shocked and greatly saddened
by Darryl's unexpected death on February 12, 2002. We, and
Darryl's family, greatly appreciate the many overtures made by
our limited partners in support of the Firm and the many
kindnesses extended to Darryl's family. Your support at this
time, and in these circumstances, has been of inestimable
value. Darryl would have been greatly touched and complimented
by your solidarity.
Darryl strove, above all, to set and maintain a standard of
excellence for Behrman Capital. Keenly aware that the Firm is
only as good as its investment and administrative
professionals, he sought foremost to assemble an outstanding
team capable of executing and accomplishing the Firm's
objectives. He was a strong and effective leader, who will be
greatly missed.
All of us at Behrman Capital will draw on Darryl's strength
and vision, as we honor his legacy through the continued
success of the Firm that he worked so hard to build. We are
committed to carrying on the Firm's objectives with an
undaunted will to achieve - a will heightened by the
remembrance of Darryl's example.
We plan to be in touch with each of you in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us if you
have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Grant G. Behrman William M. Matthes
Managing Partner Managing Partner
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