Profile
Mr. Damon H.
Ball is a Managing Director at AEA Investors, Inc. He joined AEA Investors in 2005.
Prior to that, he was a managing director of Saratoga Partners since 2002, where he focused on making industrial investments including Advanced Lighting and Sericol International, which he co-led.
He initially joined Saratoga as a senior advisor in 2001.
Before that, he was managing director of Sextant Partners, an investment advisory firm, during which time he advised Restoration Hardware on their successful refinancing.
Previously, he was a senior vice president at Desai Capital Management, which he initially joined in 1988, where he focused on sourcing, negotiating, and achieving successful realizations on a number of successful private equity investments in the business and consumer services industries.
For ten years, he served on the board of Restoration Hardware, Inc. and for two of those years, he was named lead independent director.
Mr. Ball graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a B.A.
in economics and received an M.B.A.
from Harvard University.
Former positions of Damon H. Ball
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Restoration Hardware, Inc.
 Restoration Hardware, Inc. Specialty StoresRetail Trade Restoration Hardware, Inc. engages in the retail and provision of home furnishings. It offers furniture, lighting, textiles, rugs, bathware, decor, outdoor, baby, child, and teen products. The company was founded by Stephen Gordon in 1980 and is headquartered in Corte Madera, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2007-05-22 |
Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc.
 Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacturing of energy efficient lighting materials and finished products. It offers lighting solutions to the global movement to decrease energy consumption. The company was founded by Wayne Hellman in 1995 and is headquartered in Glenwillow, OH. | Director/Board Member | 2005-09-06 |
Saratoga Management Co. LLC
 Saratoga Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Saratoga Management Co LLC (Saratoga Management) is a private equity subsidiary of Saratoga Partners Group founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2003-11-29 |
Desai Capital Management, Inc.
 Desai Capital Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Founded by Rohit M. Desai in 1884, Desai Capital Management, Inc. is a private equity firm located in New York City | Private Equity Investor | 1999-12-30 |
AEA Investors LP
 AEA Investors LP Investment ManagersFinance AEA Investors LP (AEA Investors) is a private equity firm founded in 1968 by Rockefeller, Mellon & Harriman family interests and S.G. Warburg & Co, a subsidiary of AEA Holdings LLC. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Training of Damon H. Ball
| University of Pennsylvania | Undergraduate Degree |
| Harvard University | Masters Business Admin |
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| Private companies | 5 |
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Restoration Hardware, Inc.
Restoration Hardware, Inc. Specialty StoresRetail Trade Restoration Hardware, Inc. engages in the retail and provision of home furnishings. It offers furniture, lighting, textiles, rugs, bathware, decor, outdoor, baby, child, and teen products. The company was founded by Stephen Gordon in 1980 and is headquartered in Corte Madera, CA. | Retail Trade |
Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc.
Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacturing of energy efficient lighting materials and finished products. It offers lighting solutions to the global movement to decrease energy consumption. The company was founded by Wayne Hellman in 1995 and is headquartered in Glenwillow, OH. | Producer Manufacturing |
Saratoga Management Co. LLC
Saratoga Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Saratoga Management Co LLC (Saratoga Management) is a private equity subsidiary of Saratoga Partners Group founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
AEA Investors LP
AEA Investors LP Investment ManagersFinance AEA Investors LP (AEA Investors) is a private equity firm founded in 1968 by Rockefeller, Mellon & Harriman family interests and S.G. Warburg & Co, a subsidiary of AEA Holdings LLC. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
Desai Capital Management, Inc.
Desai Capital Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Founded by Rohit M. Desai in 1884, Desai Capital Management, Inc. is a private equity firm located in New York City | Finance |
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