Jonathan Sokoloff — Leonard Green & Partners

Managing Partner

THE LATEST: In July 2020, Leonard Green and private equity firm TPG Capital invested in Wellsky, a health and community care technology company. Nearly a year after it raised $12 billion for its Green Equity Investors VIII, the Sawtelle-based Leonard Green bought Service Logic, the largest independent provider of aftermarket maintenance, repair and replacement services for commercial heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment. Leonard Green bought Service Logic from private equity firm Warburg Pincus in November 2020.
BACKGROUND: Sokoloff joined private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners in 1990, a year after it was founded, after a 15-year-stint at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Leonard Green, which has more than $40 billion in committed capital, focuses on service and retail company acquisitions and has invested in more than 90 businesses via traditional buyouts, recapitalizations and growth equity, among other methods. Sokoloff serves on the boards of various companies, including the Container Store Group Inc. and Shake Shack Inc. He serves as a trustee of Williams College.
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