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词条 Robert E. Grady
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  1. Business career

  2. Personal background

  3. Political background

     Christie Administration 

  4. References

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}}Robert E. Grady (born 1957)[1] is an American venture capitalist and private equity investor, and a former senior-level public official. Currently, he is a partner at Gryphon Investors, a middle-market private equity firm,[2] and is a director of multiple public and private companies, as well as being active in non-profit entities both in Wyoming and nationally.[3]

Business career

Grady is currently a partner at Gryphon Investors, a middle-market private equity fund, where he heads the firm's Industrial Growth Group. He has been cited in the press as having led Gryphon's investments in Potter Electric Signal Corporation, Transportation Insight and Washing Systems, which has since been sold to Japan's Kao Corporation. [4][5] [6]

After the 2016 election, Grady was mentioned in numerous press accounts as a candidate for a Cabinet position in President Donald J. Trump's Administration, but he reportedly declined to interview for any positions as Gryphon had just raised a new $1 billion fund in late 2016.[7][8]

Prior to joining Gryphon, he was a partner for five years at the private equity fund-of-funds Cheyenne Capital. For nearly a decade before that, he was a prominent partner at the Carlyle Group,[9] the world's second largest private equity firm,[10] where he served as Managing Director, member of the Management Committee, and head of Venture and Growth Capital. During his tenure at Carlyle, Grady also served for six years as a director and as Chairman (2006 to 2007) of the National Venture Capital Association (“NVCA”),[1] which represents more than 400 U.S. venture capital firms. He was a director of several Carlyle companies, including Blackboard Inc. (which came public, then was sold to Providence Equity),[3] AuthenTec (which came public, then was sold to Apple Inc.),[1] Wall Street Institute (sold to Pearson PLC),[3] , eScreen (sold to Alere Corp.), and Viator (sold to Trip Advisor).

In the 1990s, Grady was a Managing Director and member of the Management Committee at Robertson Stephens,[3] an investment bank focused on growth companies in technology and healthcare, that was acquired by Bank of America and subsequently by BankBoston (which itself was acquired by Fleet and then Bank of America).

Today, Grady is a director of companies Maxim Integrated Products,[1] one of the world's leading producers of analog semiconductors; Stifel Financial,[11] a major brokerage and asset management firm which acquired Thomas Weisel Partners Group in 2010; and the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.

Personal background

Robert Grady grew up in Livingston, New Jersey[12] and graduated with honors from Harvard University [13] where he was an editor of The Harvard Crimson[20] and a student leader in the movement to get Harvard to divest from apartheid-era South Africa. Grady continued his advocacy of the divestment cause in advising the former Governor of New Jersey, Thomas Kean, to sign a bill requiring New Jersey's pension fund to divest stocks of companies doing business in South Africa. This led the New York Times, in a profile of the then 27-year-old speechwriter, to comment that Grady was a “wordsmith who drew from his own deep well” in crafting a speech “ringing with conviction” that not only echoed Kean's sentiments but represented his own “declaration of faith” on the issue of divestment.[14] Grady earned a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business,[13] where he later served as a faculty member and lecturer on public management from 1994–2004.[15] A venture capital industry leader and growth company expert, he has published numerous articles and appeared in the Wall Street Journal, TIME magazine, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and others.[16][17][18] He is described in Jeffrey Birnbaum’s The Money Men as a “highly successful” investment banker.[19] Grady is a frequent and popular commentator, appearing on ABC’s Nightline, CNBC’s Squawk Box and Street Signs, the CBS Evening News, CNN’s Crossfire and Moneyline, PBS, Fox Business News and other major media outlets.[20][21][22] as a spokesman for growth-oriented economic policies, market-based environmental regulation, and generally conservative fiscal positions.[15]

In the non-profit world, Grady chairs the board of the St. John's Hospital Foundation in his home town of Jackson, Wyoming, and is a member of the Investment Committee of the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, and of the Wyoming Business Alliance.

Political background

Grady began his career as legislative assistant and then chief of staff for the late New Jersey Congresswoman Millicent Fenwick.[32] He went on to serve as communications director for former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean.[20] Grady was a speechwriter and policy adviser for George H.W. Bush during the 1988 Presidential campaign,[23] and served in the White House for Bush as Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) for Natural Resources, Energy and Science (1989–1991);[24] Executive Associate Director of OMB;[1] and as Deputy Assistant to the President (1991–1993).[3] He was widely known for advising Bush in the crafting of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and helping to shepherd that legislation through Congress.[24]

Since then, Grady has served as a part-time adviser to a number of political figures. In 2001, President George W. Bush appointed Grady to be a member of the Advisory Committee on Trade and Policy Negotiations (ACTPN)[25] and he was appointed by the Administrator of NASA during the George W. Bush administration to be a member of the NASA Advisory Council's Task Force on the Cost and Management of the International Space Station.[13]

Noted early in his career by Newsweek as “one of three thirty-somethings to watch” (along with Condoleezza Rice and Robert Zoellick) and the “polished No. 2” at the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") in George H.W. Bush's White House,[26] Grady has emerged over the years as an adviser to various leading Republican candidates and public officials. He served as co-chairman of George W. Bush's campaign in California in both 2000 and 2004, and as an architect of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2003 California gubernatorial recall election victory and a member of Schwarzenegger's transition team, and has been a volunteer policy adviser to Wyoming Governor Matt Mead and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

In Wyoming, he has also been increasingly active as a frequent speaker, mentor to start-up companies, and volunteer economic adviser to Governor Matt Mead.

Christie Administration

Grady was cited in numerous press accounts as a close adviser to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Grady served as co-chairman and member of the Transition Task Force on Budget and Taxes immediately after Governor Christie's election to the Governorship in 2009.[10] Press reports also cited Grady as the author of Governor Christie's Inaugural Address and his annual state-of-the-state and budget addresses to Joint Sessions of the New Jersey Legislature.[27] When Governor Christie prepared his run for the Presidency, Grady was reported as assisting Governor Christie in organizing trips to Mexico and Canada, and as the author of the detailed policy speeches on economic growth, entitlement reform and energy given by Christie. [28]

For almost five years, Grady chaired the New Jersey State Investment Council, which oversees the state's $80 billion pension plan. The state's treasurer, Andrew Eristoff, praised Grady for posting gains over the four years from FY 2011–2014 of over $36 billion, some $13 billion above the pension fund's actuarily assumed rate of return.[29] Grady stepped down from the position after the council's last 2014 meeting on November 19, 2014, and after four and one-half years of volunteer service.[30]

References

1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web |url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/robert-e-grady/8675 |title=Robert E. Grady Profile |publisher=Forbes |accessdate=July 24, 2010}}
2. ^{{cite news |last = Assets|first = Alt|title = Ex-Carlyle Growth, VC Head Joins Gryphon Investors|url=https://www.altassets.net/private-equity-news/by-news-type/people-news/ex-carlyle-vc-growth-head-grady-joins-gryphon-investors.html|accessdate=February 26, 2015|date=February 26, 2015}}
3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|last=Geron|first=Tomio|title=Ex-Carlyle Partner Grady Seeks Opportunity in Wide Open Spaces|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2010/02/17/cheyenne-capitals-grady-sees-opportunity-in-wide-open-spaces/?blog_id=106&post_id=5079|work=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=July 24, 2010 | date=February 17, 2010}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.securitysales.com/business/mergers/potter-electric-signal-acquired-gryphon-investors/|title=Potter Electric Signal Co. Acquired by Private Equity Firm Gryphon Investors|last=|first=|date=2017-12-20|work=Security Sales & Integration|access-date=2018-09-18|language=en-US}}
5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.ttnews.com/articles/gryphon-investors-buys-majority-stake-transportation-insight|title=Gryphon Investors Buys Majority Stake in Transportation Insight|last=|first=|date=2018-09-05|work=Transport Topics|access-date=2018-09-18|language=en}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/08/10/kao-buys-cincinnati-commercial-laundry-business.html|title=https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/08/10/kao-buys-cincinnati-commercial-laundry-business.html|last=|first=|date=|website=www.bizjournals.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-09-18}}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/who-is-in-president-trump-cabinet-231071|title=Meet Trump's Cabinet-in-waiting|last=|first=|date=|work=POLITICO|access-date=2018-09-18|language=en}}
8. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/robert-grady-floated-for-trumps-cabinet-is-staying-put-at-gryphon-1481761387|title=Robert Grady, Floated for Trump’s Cabinet, Is Staying Put at Gryphon|last=Lim|first=Dawn|date=2016-12-15|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-09-18|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}
9. ^{{cite journal |last=No Author |date=February 2010 |title=Interview with Robert Grady: Putting Capital Where it Grows |journal=Forbes/Wolfe Emerging Tech Report |volume=9 |issue=2 |url=http://www.newsletters.forbes.com/servlet/ControllerServletAction=DisplayPage&Locale=en_US&SiteID=es_764&id=ProductDetailsPage&productID=53889200}}
10. ^1 {{cite web|last=McNichol|first=Dunstan|title=New Jersey's Christie Names Former Carlyle Partner to Investment Council|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-11/christie-names-ex-carlyle-partner-grady-to-help-oversee-n-j-pension-fund.html|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=July 24, 2010|date=11 May 2010}}
11. ^{{cite web|last=Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. |title=Robert Grady Joins Thomas Weisel Partners' Board of Directors|url=http://ca.us.biz.yahoo.com/iw/090925/0540919.html?.v=1|archive-url=https://archive.is/20121216145947/http://ca.us.biz.yahoo.com/iw/090925/0540919.html?.v=1|dead-url=yes|archive-date=December 16, 2012|publisher=Yahoo! Finance|accessdate=July 24, 2010}}
12. ^Hester, Tom, Sr. "Christie names Richard Bagger, Robert E. Grady to chair a task force on New Jersey’s fiscal challenges" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714172727/http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/state/christie-names-richard-bagger-robert-e-grady-to-chair-a-task-force-on-new-jerseys-fiscal-challenges |date=July 14, 2011 }}, NewJerseyNewsroom.com, November 12, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2011. "Christie named former Republican legislator Richard H. Bagger of Westfield, an executive at Pfizer Inc and a former chairman of the lower house's Appropriations Committee, and Robert E. Grady, a Livingston native, former aide to Gov. Thomas Kean and former top official at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as co-chairmen of the task force."
13. ^1 2 {{cite web|last=Symbio Group|title=Robert E. Grady Joins Symbio's Board of Directors |url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Robert-E-Grady-Joins-Symbios-Board-of-Directors-NASDAQ-AUTH-891141.htm|publisher=Marketwire|accessdate=July 24, 2010|date=19 August 2008}}
14. ^{{cite news|last=Norman|first= Michael|title=2 Approaches Shape Candidates' Oratory In Jersey Campaign For Governor|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/22/nyregion/2-approaches-shape-candidates-oratory-in-jersey-campaign-for-governor.html|work=The New York Times|date=22 October 1985 |accessdate=July 27, 2010}}
15. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://financialservices.house.gov/media/pdf/042104rg.pdf|title=TESTIMONY OF ROBERT E. GRADY MANAGING DIRECTOR, CARLYLE VENTURE PARTNERS, and MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION ("NVCA") BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CAPITAL MARKETS, INSURANCE AND GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED ENTERPRISES COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES|last=Grady|first=Robert|date=21 April 2004|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=July 24, 2010}}
16. ^{{cite news|last=Grady|first=Robert E.|title=The Sarbox Monster|work=Wall Street Journal|date=April 26, 2007|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117755557121683041|accessdate=June 25, 2010}}
17. ^{{cite journal |last=Grady |first=Robert E.|title=Searching for the Son of Kyoto|work=Time |date=June 25, 2001 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/09171,1000165,00.html|accessdate=June 24, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
18. ^{{cite news |last=Grady |first=Robert E. |title=Light Cars Are Dangerous And Other Unintended Consequences of Strict Fuel Economy Standards |publisher=Wall Street |date=May 22, 2009 |url=http://online:.wsj.com/article/SB1242924294901851445311.html |accessdate=June 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224033250/http://www1.online/# |archive-date=February 24, 2018 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }}
19. ^{{cite book|last=Birnbaum|first=Jeffrey H.|title=The Money Men: The Real Story of Fund-raising's Influence on Political Power in America|year=2000|publisher=Crown|pages=287|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rfeGAAAAMAAJ&dq=the+money+men&hl=en&ei=_C9LTKK5BIH48AbNmK00&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA}}
20. ^{{cite news |last=Grady|first=Robert E. |title=Expert:Greek Debt Crisis a Wakeup Call for U.S.,Cheyenne Capital Fund Managing Director Robert E. Grady Argues the Greek Crisis will Spread to the U.S.,|publisher=Fox Business News|date=May 10, 2010 |url=http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4186577/expert-greek-crisis-a-wakeup-call-for-us/|accessdate=June 24, 2010}}
21. ^{{cite news |last=Grady |first=Robert E.|title=CNBC,Street Signs with Erin Burnett,Is it Still Smart to Invest in America? Robert Grady, of Cheyenne Capital Shares his Insight |date=July 12, 2010 |url=http://www.cnbc.cm/id/158422470641/#|accessdate=June 24, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
22. ^{{cite news |publisher=Wyoming PBS WHYY |title=Wyoming Chronicle, Bob Grady on the Economy |date=February 26, 2010 |url=http://video.mpbn.net/video/14222470641/# |accessdate=June 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723055002/http://video.mpbn.net/video/14222470641/# |archive-date=July 23, 2011 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }}
23. ^1 2 {{cite web|last=McAllister|first=Bill|title=Speech Writer Named a Senior Adviser|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-1291708.html|work=The Washington Post|accessdate=July 24, 2010}}
24. ^1 2 {{cite news|last=Hoffman|first=David|title=Bush Names USIA Director, Fills Slots at OMB; President-Elect Digs Into Network of Old Friends, Political Allies for Key Positions|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73773534.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+19,+1989&author=David+Hoffman&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=a.06&desc=Bush+Names+USIA+Director,+Fills+Slots+at+OMB;+PresidentElect+Digs+Into+Network+of+Old+Friends,+Political+Allies+for+Key+Positions|work=The Washington Post|accessdate=July 24, 2010}}
25. ^{{cite web|title=Membership: Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations (ACTPN)|url=http://www.cpath.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/actpn.pdf|accessdate=July 24, 2010|page=14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717185958/http://www.cpath.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/actpn.pdf#|archive-date=July 17, 2011|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}}
26. ^{{cite magazine|work=Newsweek|date=July 17, 1989 |title=On the Move}}
27. ^{{cite web|last=Auditor|title=Disclosing donors; saving NJN; new Investment Council chief|url=http://blog.nj.com/njv_auditor/2010/06/disclosing_donors_saving_njn_n.html|publisher=blog.nj.com|date=June 13, 2010|access-date=May 31, 2013}}
28. ^http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/12/late_at_night_christie_doing_2016_foreign_policy_homework.html
29. ^{{cite web|last=The Star-Ledger|title=Criticism of pension fund returns off-base: Guest opinion|url=http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/09/criticism_of_pension_fund_returns_off-base_guest_opinion.html|publisher=blog.nj.com|date=September 12, 2014|access-date=September 15, 2014}}
30. ^{{cite news | last = Brodesser-Akner | first = Claude | title = N.J. pensions chief and longtime Christie adviser stepping down | newspaper = The Star-Ledger | date = November 19, 2014 | url = http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/11/nj_pensions_chief_and_longtime_christie_advisor_stepping_down.html | accessdate = 2014-11-24 }}
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