Herbert Winokur

Herbert Winokur

Chief Executive Officer at Capricorn Holdings, Inc.

80 year
Finance
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HERBERT S.
WINOKUR, JR.
is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capricorn Holdings, Inc., a private investment firm.
He also has been Managing Partner of a number of private limited partnerships which invest in, or acquire, companies with the goal of long-term superior capital appreciation through financial or operating restructuring and industry consolidation.
Capricorn’s portfolio investments have encompassed companies whose revenues exceeded $3 billion and which employed more than 25,000 people.
Principal investors in the partnerships included major endowments, pension plans, financial institutions and private individuals.
Examples of prior portfolio investments include: DynCorp, one of the nation’s largest government information technology and technical service contractors; NATCO Group, Inc., the largest oil field services company focused on oil and gas separation and related activities; and CCC Information Services Group, Inc., a major provider of software tools to the automobile insurance and collision repair sectors.
Capricorn Holdings presently invests in a number of early-stage growth companies and in various hedge funds.
Mr. Winokur’s previous positions include, from 1974 to 1987: Senior Executive Vice President, Member of the Office of the President, and Director, Penn Central Corporation, where he was responsible for all business units, with revenues of approximately $2.5 billion.
He successfully developed and implemented programs that reduced corporate overhead costs by more than $40 million annually; reorganized Penn Central’s technology entities to focus on higher-return and higher-growth product lines; and initiated and completed a number of major restructuring transactions and divestments.

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Training of Herbert Winokur

Harvard University Doctorate Degree

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Private companies42
American Premier Underwriters, Inc. (Old)

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NAC Re Corp

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Holland Series Fund, Inc.

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Technology Services

WMF Group Ltd.

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Consumer Non-Durables

Industrial Services

Consumer Non-Durables

Azurix Corp.

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Distribution Services

Penn Central Corp.

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Miscellaneous

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The United States Army (District of Columbia)

Government

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UCLA Medical Center

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National Humanities Center

Consumer Services

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Winston Churchill Foundation

The Palmieri Co.

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Electronic Technology

JSTOR

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Health Services

Health Technology

Squash Haven, Inc

Us Leasing International, Inc.

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