Kenneth Harrell Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Co-Founder & Sen...

  • Primary Industry
  • B2B

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Kenneth Harrell General Information

Biography

Mr. Kenneth Harrell is a Co-founder and serves as Senior Managing Director at Pharus Advisors. He served as Board Member at Ascension Ventures. He served as Managing Director at Pharus Capital Management. He was the Advisor at Firsthand. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, refinancings, and principal investments. He leads Pharus's practice areas in education technology, digital media, and broadcast technology, and also has relevant experience across multiple sectors, BPO, enterprise software, industrial technology, consumer products, energy, and aerospace/defense. Prior to founding Pharus, he assisted in starting Conway, Del Genio, Gries& Co. a restructuring and M&A advisory firm. Previously, he was a Managing Director and founding member of The Chart Group, an international merchant banking advisory and private equity firm. He began his career in Ernst & Young's M&A and restructuring advisory practice and helped build Ernst & Young's practice in Eastern Europe.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Co-Founder & Senior Managing Director, Pharus
Education
University of Sussex, MA (Master of Arts)
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), BS (Bachelor of Science)
Gender
Male
Email
kh
Phone
+1 (212)
Address
  • 535 Fifth Avenue
  • 25th Floor
  • New York, NY 10017
  • United States
+1 (212)

Kenneth Harrell Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Pharus Service Provider Co-Founder & Senior Managing Director New York, NY Merchant Bank

Kenneth Harrell Lead Partner on Deals (4)

Kenneth Harrell has been the lead partner on 4 deals. Their latest deal was with Her Campus Media, a media and information services (b2b) company. The deal was made on 24-Jul-2024.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Her Campus Media 24-Jul-2024 PE Growth/Expansion Completed Media and Information Services (B2B) Boston, MA
Obviously Social 27-Mar-2023 Completed Media and Information Services (B2B) New York, NY
Velir 24-Dec-2020 Buyout/LBO Completed Media and Information Services (B2B) Somerville, MA
Ascension (Venture Capital) 21-Nov-2018 Seed Round Completed Private Equity London, United Kingdom

Kenneth Harrell Network (61)

Board Members (4)

Name Company Representing Location From
Roger Guidi Ascension (Venture Capital) Self London, United Kingdom
Sue Summers Ascension (Venture Capital) Self London, United Kingdom
Ascension (Venture Capital) Ascension (Venture Capital) London, United Kingdom
Ascension (Venture Capital) Self London, United Kingdom

Portfolio Executives (57)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Annie Wang Her Campus Media Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer and Chief Creative Officer 24-Jul-2024 Boston, MA
Joanna Palumbo Her Campus Media Vice President, Strategy and Sales Planning 24-Jul-2024 Boston, MA
Her Campus Media Co-Founder, President & Publisher 24-Jul-2024 Boston, MA
Her Campus Media Director, Campus Development 24-Jul-2024 Boston, MA
Her Campus Media Senior Vice President of Brand Partnerships 24-Jul-2024 Boston, MA

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