John M Fife

Bio

John Fife founded Chicago Venture Partners as the principal investor and Managing Partner in 1998. A lifetime entrepreneur, John has founded and successfully managed several small businesses. Prior to founding CVP, he was an Assistant Vice President at Continental Illinois Venture Corporation (CIVC), a leveraged buyout subsidiary of Continental Illinois bank, where he played a key role in the identification, evaluation and monitoring of control investments in four portfolio companies. These four companies were subsequently sold for proceeds representing an IRR of 35%. John served as CIVC’s representative on the board of directors of each of the four companies. After leaving CIVC, John made personal investments in at least 17 privately held companies. Prior to attending graduate school, John was a consultant at Oracle Corporation for three years. John serves on the boards of directors of six technology companies and one retail concern. John received a MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business and dual undergraduate degree in statistics and computer science from Brigham Young University.