Bryan Cressey

One of the nation's most influential business minds and investors, Bryan C. Cressey is a pioneer in Venture Capital and Private Equity, a prolific entrepreneur, and a philanthropist. He co‑fo unded four of the most successful Private Equity firms in the United States, created a pathbreaking enterprise that helps the homeless and addicted positively transform their lives, and assisted in creating companies that are improving the nation’s healthcare. His investments and firms have consistently produced exceptionally high returns for over 40 years. Bryan has appeared in Fortune, Harvard Law Today, the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Crain's Chicago Business, and was featured by Time magazine as one of America's Best. He speaks nationwide at prestigious universities, corporations, forums, chambers, and associations. Bryan was named one of the 20 Most Inspiring Chicagoans, is inducted in the Chicago Business Hall of Fame, and is a board member of various businesses and charities.