Role: Mentor
Tracks: Digital Tech
Glenn Krevlin
Founder, Principal, and Portfolio Manager of Glenhill Capital
Glenn J. Krevlin is the Founder, Principal, and Portfolio Manager of Glenhill Capital, a fundamental equity investment manager founded in 2001. Prior to founding Glenhill Capital, he was Partner and Portfolio Manager at Cumberland Associates for 11 years and then began his career at Goldman Sachs. Glenn graduated from Wesleyan University in 1982, where he received his BA in Economics and Government, and from New York University Stern School of Business in 1988 with an MBA Glenn has focused primarily on consumer-related companies and during his tenure at Glenhill Capital, he managed a team of investment professionals that employed a consistent process of bottom-up, fundamental analysis to evaluate and identify investment opportunities across multiple sectors primarily in the United States and Europe. This naturally led to firm-wide assets under management being in excess of $1B. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Design Within Reach, Inc., a company he bought control of in 2009 and served as its Chairman until its sale to Herman Miller in 2015. He was part of the executive team that created the turnaround strategy from insolvency to profitability and previously provided the turnaround and repositioning capital for Restoration Hardware where he served as a member of the Board of Directors for 15+ years. Glenn also serves on numerous advisory boards and private company boards. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, Hillary, and their two sons, Sam and Adam.