Chris is a Managing Director of Kinderhook Industries. From 1999 through 2003, Chris was a partner at Soros Private Equity Partners, a multi-billion dollar leveraged buyout fund sponsored by George Soros. From 1996 to 1999, Chris was an investment manager with Capital Resource Partners, a middle market growth mezzanine investment firm based in Boston, MA. Prior to Capital Resource Partners, Chris was an associate at Colony Capital, a real estate investment firm based in Los Angeles. Chris began his career as an M&A analyst at Salomon Brothers, Inc. Chris was raised in Detroit, Michigan, graduated from Yale University and received his MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School.

Chris serves on the Board of Directors of Wellcare Group, Inc., Longevity Alliance and Mastro’s Restaurants. He is also the Chairman of Clinical Research Advantage and E4 Health.  He has relevant investment experience in business services, consumer products, healthcare services and restaurants.