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Mr. William B.
Franklin is Co-Founder & Managing Director at Conversus Asset Management LLC.
Prior to co-founding Conversus Asset Management in June 2007, Mr. Franklin managed Bank of America’s portfolio of $11 billion in original commitments to private equity limited partnership investments.
In this capacity, he was Chairman of the Investment Committee from 2000 and a member of the Principal Investing senior management team from 1994.
He also served on the board of the Institutional Limited Partners Association, a non-profit organization whose members represent over $750 billion of capital invested in the private equity industry.
In 1977, Mr. Franklin joined the predecessor bank Continental Illinois.
His assignments covered a wide spectrum of the Company’s domestic and global business operations including capital markets, securities trading, investment and corporate banking, as well as principal investing.
Mr. Franklin received his MBA from DePaul University in 1981 and his BS from the University of Illinois, Chicago, in 1977.
He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Former positions of William B. Franklin
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Conversus Asset Management LLC
Conversus Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Conversus Asset Management LLC (Conversus Asset Mgmt) is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of HarbourVest Partners LLC founded in 2007 by Fernando Vazquez, William B. Franklin and Robert W. Long. The firm is headquartered in Chicago. | Founder | 30/12/2013 |
Continental Bank (Chicago, Illinois) | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Institutional Limited Partners Association (Canada)
Institutional Limited Partners Association (Canada) Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Institutional Limited Partners Association (Canada) operates as a trade association. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada. Jennifer Choi has been the CEO of the Canadian company since 2014. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
MERRILL LYNCH PREFERRED CAPITAL TRUST I | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of William B. Franklin
DePaul University | Masters Business Admin |
University of Illinois | Undergraduate Degree |
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Listed companies | 1 |
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MERRILL LYNCH PREFERRED CAPITAL TRUST I | Finance |
Private companies | 3 |
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Conversus Asset Management LLC
Conversus Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Conversus Asset Management LLC (Conversus Asset Mgmt) is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of HarbourVest Partners LLC founded in 2007 by Fernando Vazquez, William B. Franklin and Robert W. Long. The firm is headquartered in Chicago. | Finance |
Institutional Limited Partners Association (Canada)
Institutional Limited Partners Association (Canada) Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Institutional Limited Partners Association (Canada) operates as a trade association. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada. Jennifer Choi has been the CEO of the Canadian company since 2014. | Commercial Services |
Continental Bank (Chicago, Illinois) | Finance |
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