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He graduated from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and received an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in Palo Alto, California. [1] [2] [3] He was a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. [1] [2] [3]
He worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers and BNP Paribas. [1] From 2002 to 2007, he was Managing Director of Friend Skoler & Co., a $231 million buyout fund specializing in consumer products and business services companies. [1] [2] [3] He is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Manhattan Partners. [2] [3]
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