Stephen Ko
Private Equity Investor at BayPine Capital
Profile
Stephen Ko is a Founding Partner of BayPine.
Mr. Ko has spent most of his career in the private equity industry, principally at KKR, where he was most recently a Managing Director and head of the firm’s Consumer & Retail investment team in the Asia-Pacific region.
Previously he was a member of KKR’s North American private equity platform and also held roles at Blackstone, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, and Goldman Sachs.
Mr. Ko’s investment experience has been distinguished by a combination of thematic investing, creative transaction structuring and operational value creation.
Over the course of the last 25 years, he has been involved with numerous high-profile investments at several of the world’s leading private equity firms.
He has successfully executed multiple transactions in the consumer, healthcare, industrial, business services, energy and technology sectors, across an extensive range of company situations, transaction and financing structures, and geographies including the United States and Asia.
Mr. Ko has served on a large number of public and private boards of directors.
He holds an AB from Harvard College, an M.Phil from Cambridge University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Stephen Ko active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
BayPine Capital
 BayPine Capital Investment ManagersFinance BayPine Capital LP (BayPine Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by David Roux. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Former positions of Stephen Ko
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Biomet, Inc.
 Biomet, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Biomet, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and market of musculoskeletal therapy products. The company was founded by Dane A. Miller, Niles L. Noblitt, Jerry L. Ferguson and M. Ray Harroff on November 30, 1977 and is headquartered in Warsaw, IN. | Director/Board Member | 2011-07-25 |
Sealy Corp.
 Sealy Corp. Home FurnishingsConsumer Durables Sealy Corp. manufactures and sells mattresses. It offers innerspring, memory foam, and hybrid mattresses. The company was founded by Daniel Haynes in 1881 and is headquartered in Trinity, NC. | Director/Board Member | 2010-11-29 |
Blackstone Corporate Private Equity
 Blackstone Corporate Private Equity Investment ManagersFinance Blackstone Corporate Private Equity (Blackstone Corporate) is a private equity division of The Blackstone Group Inc founded in 1985 by Stephen Allen Schwarzman. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Private Equity Analyst | 2004-12-30 |
Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC
 Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC Investment ManagersFinance Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC (Clayton, Dubilier & Rice) is a private equity subsidiary of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Holdings LP founded in 1978 by Joseph L. Rice. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Private Equity Analyst | 2001-12-30 |
Big Heart Pet Brands, Inc.
 Big Heart Pet Brands, Inc. Food: Specialty/CandyConsumer Non-Durables Big Heart Pet Brands, Inc. engages in the business of producing, distributing, and marketing branded and private label dry and wet pet food and pet snacks. Its products portfolio includes Meow Mix, Milk-Bone, Kibbles ‘n Bits, 9Lives, Natural Balance, Pup-Peroni, and Milo’s Kitchen. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Stephen Ko
| Harvard University | Masters Business Admin |
| University of Cambridge | Graduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 12 |
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Blackstone Corporate Private Equity
Blackstone Corporate Private Equity Investment ManagersFinance Blackstone Corporate Private Equity (Blackstone Corporate) is a private equity division of The Blackstone Group Inc founded in 1985 by Stephen Allen Schwarzman. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc.
 Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. CoalEnergy Minerals Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. engages in exploration of coal. It owns and operates mines in the central & northern Appalachia and the powder river basin. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Linthicum Heights, MD. | Energy Minerals |
Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC
Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC Investment ManagersFinance Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC (Clayton, Dubilier & Rice) is a private equity subsidiary of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Holdings LP founded in 1978 by Joseph L. Rice. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Financial ConglomeratesFinance Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis. | Finance |
| Bank of America, FSB (Honolulu, Hawaii) | Finance |
| Coopers & Lybrand LLP | Commercial Services |
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP
 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP Investment ManagersFinance Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP (KKR) is a private equity subsidiary of KKR & Co. Inc founded in 1976 by Henry Kravis, George Roberts and Jerome Kohlberg. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
Biomet, Inc.
Biomet, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Biomet, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and market of musculoskeletal therapy products. The company was founded by Dane A. Miller, Niles L. Noblitt, Jerry L. Ferguson and M. Ray Harroff on November 30, 1977 and is headquartered in Warsaw, IN. | Health Technology |
Sealy Corp.
Sealy Corp. Home FurnishingsConsumer Durables Sealy Corp. manufactures and sells mattresses. It offers innerspring, memory foam, and hybrid mattresses. The company was founded by Daniel Haynes in 1881 and is headquartered in Trinity, NC. | Consumer Durables |
Del Monte Foods Co.
 Del Monte Foods Co. Food: Specialty/CandyConsumer Non-Durables Del Monte Foods Co. is a producer, distributor and marketer of branded food and pet products for the U.S. retail market. Their portfolio of brands include Del Monte, S&W, Contadina, College Inn, Meow Mix, Kibbles 'n Bits, 9Lives, Milk-Bone, Pup-Peroni, Meaty Bone, Snausages and Pounce. The company was founded in October 1916 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Consumer Non-Durables |
Big Heart Pet Brands, Inc.
Big Heart Pet Brands, Inc. Food: Specialty/CandyConsumer Non-Durables Big Heart Pet Brands, Inc. engages in the business of producing, distributing, and marketing branded and private label dry and wet pet food and pet snacks. Its products portfolio includes Meow Mix, Milk-Bone, Kibbles ‘n Bits, 9Lives, Natural Balance, Pup-Peroni, and Milo’s Kitchen. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Consumer Non-Durables |
BayPine Capital
BayPine Capital Investment ManagersFinance BayPine Capital LP (BayPine Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by David Roux. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
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