Brian P. Golson
Managing Partner, San Francisco Office Head

San Francisco Office: 415-913-3960
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Brian Golson is a Managing Partner at Parthenon Capital Partners, the head of the firm's San Francisco office and is a member of the firm's Investment Committee.

Mr. Golson is an active investor in industries including financial services, business services, insurance services, and technology. He is involved with PCP's current investments in Performant Financial Corporation, AmWINS Group, Wildlands, Intermedix, Primis Marketing Group, loanDepot and Seaside National Bank & Trust. Mr. Golson oversaw Parthenon’s investments in Rackable Systems prior to its IPO in June of 2005 and Arrow Financial prior to its sale to Sallie Mae in late 2004.

Mr. Golson is on the board of the Marin Theatre Company and is actively involved in development and scholarship efforts for the University of North Carolina.

EXPERIENCE

Prior to joining PCP, he was the CFO and Vice President of Operations for Everdream, a software company sold to Dell providing outsourced IT infrastructure management. Prior to Everdream, Mr. Golson spent several years at Prometheus Partners, a middle-market private equity fund focused on recurring revenue service businesses and started his career at GE Capital focused on acquisitions and divestitures of financial services and insurance businesses.

EDUCATION

Mr. Golson earned a B.A. in Economics with Honors from the University of North Carolina, and his M.B.A. with Highest Distinction as a Baker Scholar from the Harvard Business School.

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