Fred Russell

Bio

Fred has been Managing Partner at Virginia Capital Partners since its inception in 1996. Fred serves on the Board of all of Virginia Capital's active investments. Fred has more than 25 years of private equity experience. He has invested in more than 40 private companies and has closed more than three-dozen follow-on acquisitions. He has been an investor in three companies which subsequently completed their IPO. Fred has also been active in the sale or IPO of companies with a combined enterprise value of more than $2 billion. Fred has invested in companies at all stages of development; from startups to buyouts. He has extensive experience in health care, media and communications, consumer, insurance and environmental industries. Fred was previously Partner with Allied Capital, a $1 billion private equity firm. He was also a Managing Director in a health care services company which he helped to build into a $70 million revenue business. He also worked for JP Morgan Chase. Fred has lectured on entrepreneurship and private capital markets at the Wharton School, the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce, and the Darden Business School. Fred attended the University of Virginia and graduated from the McIntire School of Commerce. He earned his MBA from the Wharton School.