Tony Tamer | |
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| Born | Anthony Aouni Tamer October 12, 1957 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University Stanford University Harvard Business School |
| Spouse | Sandra Tamer |
| Children | 4 |
Anthony Aouni Tamer (born October 12, 1957), [1] [2] better known as Tony Tamer, is an American billionaire businessman, and the co-founder and executive chairman [3] [4] of H.I.G. Capital, a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $67 billion of equity capital under management. [5] [6] The Forbes magazine lists him as the 525th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $6.4 billion as of March 2025. [7]
Tamer earned an MBA degree from Harvard Business School, and a master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University. His undergraduate degree is from Rutgers University. [8]
Tamer began his career at Hewlett-Packard and later at Sprint Corporation in a variety of engineering, marketing and manufacturing positions. [9] Tamer then joined Bain & Company in 1986 where he ultimately became a partner until he left the firm in 1993. At Bain, he developed business unit and operating strategies, implemented productivity improvement initiatives, and led acquisition and divestiture activities for a number of Fortune 500 clients. [10]
In 1993, Tamer co-founded H.I.G. Capital with Sami Mnaymneh, expanding it into a global private equity firm. [10] H.I.G. specializes in providing investment capital to small and mid-sized companies, utilizing a flexible and operationally focused/value-added approach: [11]
H.I.G. has invested in and managed more than 400 companies worldwide since inception. The firm's portfolio includes more than 100 companies with combined sales in excess of $53 billion. [13]
In January 2015, Columbia University announced that Tamer and his wife Sandra made a transformative gift to establish and endow The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise, which expanded the existing Social Enterprise Program at Columbia Business School. [14] The new funding allowed for the launch of a seed investment fund for social ventures, expansion of loan assistance and summer fellowship programs for social enterprise students, and development of the advisory network for Columbia's social entrepreneurs. [15]
Tamer is on the board of The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia University and on the Dean's Council of the Harvard Kennedy School. [16] He is a Trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, a Trustee of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, a Trustee of the New York Presbyterian Hospitals, [17] and a member of the Board of Advisors of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). [18] [19] [20] Tamer also serves on the advisory board of LIFE (Lebanese International Finance Executives). [21] Tamer helped launch and is the Founding Chairman of COOP Careers, a non-profit which provides underprivileged college graduates with the skills and support to overcome underemployment and gain meaningful careers in the digital economy. [17]
Tamer is married and has four daughters. He is of Lebanese descent. [22] [23] [24] His wife Sandra holds a master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and is on the board of directors of Rockefeller University, [25] [ better source needed ] Action Against Hunger, YoungArts, [26] [ better source needed ] the RMF Foundation, the PAMM Museum, and the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia University. [27]
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