Key Takeaways
- • HighPost Capital, LLC, a West Palm Beach-based private investment firm, hired Ron Sylvestri as Managing Director, Marketing, according to a Business Wire release.
- • Sylvestri brings more than 25 years of investor relations and institutional capital formation experience and has raised more than $4 billion in capital across the alternative investment sector.
- • Sylvestri will report to David Moross, Chairman and CEO of HighPost, and will expand the firm's relationships with institutional investors globally.
- • Sylvestri most recently served as President of Quail Ridge Asset Management LTD, a consulting firm he founded in 2009.
Summary
HighPost Capital, LLC ("HighPost"), a private investment firm focused on visionary companies and founders, has appointed Ron Sylvestri as Managing Director, Marketing, the firm announced via Business Wire. In the role, Sylvestri will support HighPost's marketing and capital formation efforts with a mandate to expand and deepen the firm's relationships with institutional investors globally. He will report to David Moross, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Sylvestri brings more than 25 years of experience in investor relations, institutional capital formation and strategic business development across the alternative investment sector, and has raised more than $4 billion in capital, per the release. Most recently he was President of Quail Ridge Asset Management LTD, a boutique investment consulting firm he established in 2009 that advised private equity firms, alternative asset managers and middle-market companies on institutional fundraising, positioning and business development. Earlier, he was a Principal at Emerald Point Capital Partners and a Vice President at Morgan Stanley, where he worked on institutional sales, equity research, and structured equity and debt products.
In a statement, Moross said Sylvestri has "deep institutional relationships across the allocator and investment management industry." Sylvestri said institutional investors are seeking managers with deep sector focus and a proven record of value creation, and positioned HighPost as an investor at the intersection of the consumer and technology sectors. HighPost was founded by Moross and marketing executive Mark Bezos, and is part of the Azimut Group, a global asset management company. Sylvestri holds a B.S. in Finance & Investments from Babson College, serves on the board of RiseBoro Community Partnership, and holds FINRA Series 7, 63 and 79 licenses.
Sylvestri brings more than 25 years of experience in investor relations, institutional capital formation and strategic business development across the alternative investment sector, and has raised more than $4 billion in capital, per the release. Most recently he was President of Quail Ridge Asset Management LTD, a boutique investment consulting firm he established in 2009 that advised private equity firms, alternative asset managers and middle-market companies on institutional fundraising, positioning and business development. Earlier, he was a Principal at Emerald Point Capital Partners and a Vice President at Morgan Stanley, where he worked on institutional sales, equity research, and structured equity and debt products.
In a statement, Moross said Sylvestri has "deep institutional relationships across the allocator and investment management industry." Sylvestri said institutional investors are seeking managers with deep sector focus and a proven record of value creation, and positioned HighPost as an investor at the intersection of the consumer and technology sectors. HighPost was founded by Moross and marketing executive Mark Bezos, and is part of the Azimut Group, a global asset management company. Sylvestri holds a B.S. in Finance & Investments from Babson College, serves on the board of RiseBoro Community Partnership, and holds FINRA Series 7, 63 and 79 licenses.
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