Joseph Pellegrini
- Role
- Managing Director, Co-head Consumer and Retail Group at Baird
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Joseph Pellegrini
A pioneer in the creation of Outdoor and Sporting Goods banking in the early 1990’s, Joe…
Experience
Managing Director, Co-head Consumer and Retail Group
Jan 2008 — Present
Co-leads the Consumer and Retail Investment Banking team- Focuses on capital markets and M&A advisory services in the Consumer sector, especially advising growth businesses and aspirational brands in the performance apparel and footwear, outdoor and sporting goods equipment and health & fitness segments. Select transactions include the following: • Sale of Rip Curl to Kathmandu • Sale of Vionic Group to Caleres Inc. • Sale of Wahoo Fitness to Norwest Equity Partners • Sale of 5.11 to Compass Diversified • Sale of Strategic Partners to New Mountain Capital • Sale of Badger Sports to CCMP • Advisor to Adidas on the sale of CCM to Birchill Capital • Sale of ENVE Composites to Amer Sports • Sale of Black Diamond’s Equity Interest in POC to Investcorp • Sale of Implus to Berkshire Partners • Sale of Louisville Slugger to Wilson Sporting Goods • Sale of prAna living, a Steelpoint Capital portfolio company, to Columbia Sportswear • Sale of Igloo Corporation, a JH Whitney portfolio company, to ACON Investments • Sale of Allen Edmonds, a GHJM portfolio company, to Brentwood Associates • Sale of Bushnell Outdoor Products, a MidOcean Partners portfolio company, to ATK Corporation • Advisor to Catterton Partners on acquisition of Core Power Yoga • Sale of Peter Millar, a Winona Capital portfolio company, to Richmont • Advisor to Wolverine Worldwide on acquisition of Performance & Lifestyle Division of Collective Brands (Sperry, Saucony, Keds, Stride Rite) in parallel with Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital’s purchase of Payless ShoeSource • Advisor to VF Corp. on acquisition of Vans Representative equity/equity linked transactions: • IPOs: Duluth Trading Company, Planet Fitness, Boot Barn, GoPro, Sportsman’s Warehouse, Vince, Michael Kors, Vera Bradley, Under Armour, lululemon, Zumiez, Vans, Volcom • Follow-ons: Sportsman’s Warehouse, Boot Barn, GoPro, Fox Factory, Michael Kors, Vera Bradley, Vans, Volcom • Private Placements: Icebreaker, Ariat, Beachbody
Education
Columbia Business School
MBA, Finance, General
1984 — 1987
Harvard University
BA, Geological/Geophysical Engineering
1975 — 1979
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