Whitridge Williams JD

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Biography

Mr. Whitridge Williams is a Co-Founder of CapHub. He served as a Managing Partner at Atlantic Street Capital. He is a former Partner of PennantPark Investment Advisers, a leading provider of credit in companies primarily backed by middle-market private equity sponsors. He helped grow the platform from inception in 2007 to $4 billion in assets across a range of domestic and international vehicles spanning publicly traded companies (BDCs) to private capital vehicles and managed accounts. He was responsible for and oversaw originating, underwriting, structuring, negotiating, executing, managing, and monitoring investments across the capital structure from first lien senior secured debt to mezzanine, to preferred and equity. He also oversaw significant strategic and management initiatives at the firm. He served as a Portfolio Manager and sat on the Investment Committee throughout his entire tenure, investing over $10 billion in more than 550 deals over that time. Prior to PennantPark, Mr. Williams was a Managing Director in the Financial Sponsors and Leveraged Finance Group at UBS Securities LLC. He worked at UBS and predecessor firms, including Dillon Read & Co. Inc. from 1995 to 2007. During his tenure at UBS, he spent four years as a senior member of the Telecom, Media, and Technology Group. Mr. Williams holds a B.A. degree with distinction from the University of Virginia, a CEP with honors from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris ("Sciences-Po"), and an MBA/JD from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and School of Law.