Behrman Capital Names Rodney Cohen Partner.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 & SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm, today announced that Rodney A. Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. has joined the firm as a Partner. "Rodney Cohen will make an excellent addition to our team, and we are pleased to welcome him to Behrman Capital," said Grant G. Behrman, Managing Partner of Behrman Capital. "Rodney's success over his 16 year career in private equity and corporate finance has covered all aspects of middle market private equity investing. As a partner of Lindsay Goldberg and Bessemer and Bessemer Holdings, including active board representation on six portfolio companies, Rodney was instrumental in many successful value creation initiatives, which included follow-on acquisitions, internal efficiency programs and new product introductions. His collaborative approach with management teams to make good businesses even better will be valuable to our firm. We are excited to have him join us." "Behrman Capital has an established track record of building value in their portfolio companies and for their limited partners, and I am very pleased to join the firm," said Mr. Cohen. "Behrman's successful strategy of acquiring sound businesses and working with management to create significant value through skilled planning and rigorous execution is very appealing to me. I look forward to working with my colleagues at Behrman." Prior to joining Behrman Capital, Mr. Cohen, age 43, was a partner with Lindsay Goldberg and Bessemer and Bessemer Holdings in New York. Mr. Cohen held numerous positions of increasing responsibility over a 12-year career dedicated to sourcing, evaluating, executing and managing private equity investments in a broad range of industries. Prior to joining Bessemer, Mr. Cohen was an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department at Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., where he performed advisory work focused on the technology and communications sectors. From 1984 through 1988, Mr. Cohen was actively involved in the public accounting and corporate finance sectors in South Africa. Mr. Cohen earned an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration in Finance with Distinction from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. in 1990. He earned a postgraduate degree in Financial Accounting in 1984 and a Bachelor of Commerce The Bachelor of Commerce is a bachelor's degree in business management, accounting and economic fields. The degree is also known as the Bachelor of Commerce and Administration (BCA). Degree with distinction in 1982, both 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 South Africa. Based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and San Francisco, Behrman Capital was founded in 1992 by Grant G. and Darryl G. Behrman. The firm invests in management buyouts, leveraged buildups and recapitalizations of established growth companies. The company's investments are focused primarily in four industries: information technology, contract manufacturing, outsourcing, and healthcare. The firm currently has a combined capital base of $1.8 billion. |
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