Chris Rhoades
Profile
Mr. Chris Rhoades is Partner at SAIL Capital Partners LLC.
He joined SAIL in 2011, following the successful exit of a company he ran as CEO for eight years.
His career included two distinct and synergistic phases first, working in international institutional and corporate finance for Merrill Lynch and second, acquiring, operating, financing, and merging companies as CEO.
At Merrill Lynch, he worked in the debt markets group that raised hundreds of billions of dollars for Fortune 500 clients.
Merrill Lynch relocated him to San Francisco in 1994.
In the second half of his career, he negotiated, financed, and purchased a building materials company where he served as CEO.
He and the team integrated companies, upgraded talent, and installed the Company’s first outside sales force.
As CEO he led the Company to focus on carrying exclusively green products, installed a solar system to power the headquarters, and implemented new logistics and delivery systems to increase customer satisfaction.
In 2010-2011 he led a highly successful strategic sale of the Company.
Mr. Rhoades graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from UC Berkeley, and earned his MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Business.
Former positions of Chris Rhoades
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/
 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/ Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
M2 Renewables, Inc.
 M2 Renewables, Inc. Water UtilitiesUtilities M2 Renewables, Inc. specializes in the treatment of domestic wastewater and the conversion of captured organic solids into usable forms of energy. The company was founded by Ken Stedman and Yolanda M. Stedman on October 16, 2009 and is headquartered in San Leandro, CA. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
SAIL Capital Partners LLC
 SAIL Capital Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance SAIL Capital Partners LLC (SAIL Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Walter Schindler. The firm is headquartered in Irvine, California. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Training of Chris Rhoades
| Kellogg School of Management | Masters Business Admin |
| Haas School of Business | Undergraduate Degree |
Experiences
Positions held
Linked companies
| Private companies | 3 |
|---|---|
SAIL Capital Partners LLC
SAIL Capital Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance SAIL Capital Partners LLC (SAIL Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Walter Schindler. The firm is headquartered in Irvine, California. | Finance |
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. /Old/ Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC. | Finance |
M2 Renewables, Inc.
M2 Renewables, Inc. Water UtilitiesUtilities M2 Renewables, Inc. specializes in the treatment of domestic wastewater and the conversion of captured organic solids into usable forms of energy. The company was founded by Ken Stedman and Yolanda M. Stedman on October 16, 2009 and is headquartered in San Leandro, CA. | Utilities |
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