Wesley H.R. Gaus - Managing Partner

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Wesley H.R. Gaus – Managing Partner of CMEP and joined the firm in 1998.

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Mr. Gaus is responsible for executing new platform transactions and negotiating equity and debt investments and transaction financing across the capital structure. In addition, Mr. Gaus provides add-on acquisition support for existing portfolio investments and, post-closing, operational and financial guidance for company management.

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Mr. Gaus represents CMEP on the Boards of GracoRoberts, Sabre Systems, Inc., JANUS Research Group, Inc., Dexis Interactive, Inc., and ShorePoint LLC.

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Prior to joining CMEP, Mr. Gaus was a member of the Investment Banking Division of ING Baring Furman Selz, where he worked on merger and acquisition assignments and debt and equity capital markets transactions across the media, retail, consumer products, industrial manufacturing, and telecommunications sectors.

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Mr. Gaus received a BS in Economics from the Wharton School and a BSE in Systems Engineering from the School of Engineering & Applied Science through the Management & Technology Dual-Degree Program at the University of Pennsylvania.

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In addition to fending off his four children’s ongoing attempts to add bunny ears to his bio photo, Mr. Gaus coaches his kids’ baseball and football teams, is an avid fisherman, and has completed the New York City Marathon twice.

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