John Carretta
Forest Hill Partners / Napoleon Stone
- Role
- Partner at Forest Hill Partners
- Location
- Park Ridge, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Carretta
Forest Hill Partners (FHP) is an independent private investment firm which seeks to invest its own capital, as well as partner with like-minded equity co-investors, in traditional manufacturing, service and distribution businesses with a focus on companies whose revenues are less than $30M and have the potential for significant growth and value enhancement. Formed in 2003, FHP has offices in Chicago and Detroit. Among the earliest investments the principals of FHP made was the acquisition of Napoleon Stone, based in Napoleon, Michigan. Napoleon Stone is wholly owned and operated by the principals of FHP. Other current portfolio investments of FHP include Senco Holdings, Sentral Group and NSW Automotive. Based in Napoleon, Michigan, privately owned Napoleon Stone has been producing high quality quarried Michigan sandstone for over 50 years for our customers throughout the Midwest. We produce a full line of natural landscape stone and building stone products. As Michigan’s largest stone supplier and landscape stone quarry, Napoleon Stone specializes in supplying stone retaining walls, flagstone, patio stone, natural stone steps, outcropping stone, landscape boulders, gravel, stone walls, veneer stone and driveway stone as well as a variety of customer fabricated stone products to meet your specifications. You can learn more about Napoleon Stone at
Experience
Partner
Apr 2003 — Present
Independent private investment firm focused on long term control equity investments in Midwest based companies.
Education
University of Notre Dame
BBA, Finance and Economics
1988 — 1992
University of Notre Dame
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Finance / Economics
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Master of Management, Finance / Accounting / Strategy / Entrepreneurship
1997 — 1998
Skills
- Investment Banking
- Private Placements
- Alternative Investments
- Private Equity
- Valuation
- Due Diligence
- Financial Modeling
- Corporate Finance
- Business Valuation
- Business Strategy
- Venture Capital
- Corporate Development
- Mergers
- Start-Ups
- Investments
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