J.F. Berry

Mr. Berry has over 20 years of private market investing experience. Since joining WP Global in 2005, he has been involved in servicing clients as well as all aspects of investing and investment management functions, including serving on the Investment Committee. His purview at WP Global spans private equity and debt, as well as both direct and fund investments.

Before joining WP Global Partners, Mr. Berry was a principal for five years at Abbott Capital Management LLC, where he focused on co-investments. Previously, he was a junior principal at Grumman Hill Group, a small growth LBO firm, where he analyzed and performed due diligence for direct private equity investment opportunities in several industries. Mr. Berry started his career at Price Waterhouse Corporate Finance as an analyst in their Merger and Acquisitions advisory practice, and also worked in the healthcare investment banking practice of CIBC World Markets.

Mr. Berry is a board member or observer of Foundation Partners, Lakeview Farms, RizePoint, Royal Camp, Corsicana Mattress, and Upstream Rehabilitation, among other portfolio companies, and serves as an advisory board member of more than a dozen invested funds. He holds an M.B.A. from New York University and is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma national honors society. He also earned a B.A. degree in Economics from Franklin and Marshall College