Gijs van Thiel – Managing Partner
Gijs started his career in the U.S. in 1993 as a diplomat for the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency in New York. Prior to 747 Capital, he was the Director of Financial Services for Icon International, Inc., a member of Omnicom Group. While at Icon, Gijs started making private equity investments. In 1998, he co-founded and became the Managing Partner of a $50 million venture capital fund, Triad Media Ventures.
Gijs holds a B.A. in Management and Human Resources from Webster University (Leiden, the Netherlands) and an M.B.A. in International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management (Glendale, Arizona).
Marc der Kinderen – Managing Partner
Marc is the co-founder and Managing Partner of 747 Capital.
He is a member of the investment committee and is actively involved in portfolio management, due diligence, and manager selection. In addition, Marc oversees European business development efforts and serves on the advisory boards of various underlying portfolio funds.
Marc started his career in 1990 as a Marketing Analyst with HomeBanc, a Savings and Loan in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to co-founding 747 Capital, Marc was co-founder and general partner of Triad Media Ventures, a $50 million venture capital fund. From 1994 until 2000, Marc was the Executive Vice President of Greenfield Capital Partners Inc, the U.S.-based subsidiary of a Dutch private equity firm that specialized in making fund investments in the U.S. From 1992 to 1994, he was a private equity analyst at Noro Nederland B.V. (the Noro Group of Companies), a fund management group in the Netherlands.
Marc holds a B.A. from the European University (Antwerp, Belgium) and an M.B.A. from Nyenrode University (Breukelen, the Netherlands).
Prior to joining 747 Capital, Joshua was a product marketing manager at Citadon, where he managed the development of collaborative software products for the construction and engineering industries.
Joshua holds a B.A. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from Middlebury College, and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Columbia Business School.
Paul Kwon – Principal
James Yang – Principal
Mitch Prevot – Principal
Sofia Zhao – Analyst
Frank Giaccone – CFO & CCO
Brandon Grinberg – Associate
Eric Gruseke – North America, Investor Relations
Elizaveta Nemchinov – North America, Investor Relations
Simon von Oppenheim – Europe, Investor Relations
Barend Bloemarts – Europe, Investor Relations