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Robert Michalik

Managing Director

Rob Michalik is a Managing Director at Kinderhook. He has over 25 years of investment experience in business services, with a particular focus on the environmental and industrial services sector.

Prior to Kinderhook, Rob was a Managing Director at Thayer Capital Partners, a middle market buyout fund, where he sourced, financed and negotiated private equity investments.  Rob started his investment career in the Investment Banking division of Morgan Stanley, where he specialized in mergers & acquisitions.

Rob graduated from Yale University and received his MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

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