Robert D. Beyer

Overview

Robert D. Beyer is an American investor and executive. He is the Chairman of Chaparal Investments LLC, a private investment firm and diversified holding company with interests in both financial and operating assets. Previously, he served as Executive Chairman of Crescent Acquisition Corp, a publicly traded blank check company that merged with LiveVox Holdings, Inc. in 2021. He was also the Chief Executive Officer and a director of TCW Group from 2005 until 2009, a diversified investment management firm with assets exceeding $150 billion. Prior to that, he co-founded Crescent Capital Corporation in 1991, which was acquired by TCW in 1995. From 1983 to 1991, Beyer was an investment banker and capital markets professional at Bear, Stearns & Co. and Drexel Burnham Lambert. At Drexel, he worked directly under Michael Milken and played a role in managing the firm through its bankruptcy in 1990 and 1991. Beyer has served as an independent director of Jefferies Financial Group and LiveVox Holdings, Inc. He was also a director of The Kroger Co. from 1999 until 2019, where he served as Lead Independent Director, and from 2006 until 2016, he was a director of The Allstate Corporation, serving on the executive committee of the board. In 2008, he was recognized as an Outstanding Director by his peers as part of the Outstanding Directors Program of the Financial Times. Beyer serves as a trustee of The University of Southern California and Harvard-Westlake School, where he is a former board chair. He previously served on the Board of Advisors at UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he was also board chair and was selected as one of the '100 Inspirational Alumni.' Beyer received The 2013 John E. Anderson Distinguished Alumni Award. He has endowed both the Robert D. Beyer '83 Term Chair in Management at UCLA and the Robert D. Beyer ('81) Early Career Chair in Natural Sciences at USC. Beyer is also an investor in and a member of the advisory board of the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club. He received his BS from the University of Southern California business school in 1981 and his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in 1983. He resides in Los Angeles and Sun Valley with his wife, Catherine, and they have four adult children.

Investment Focus

• Focus on private equity, real estate, distressed and special situations, hedge funds, and venture capital
• Preference for growth, late stage, pre-IPO, buyout, turnaround, and distressed opportunities
• Geographical focus on the United States
• Interest in industries such as technology, healthcare, real estate, financial services, consumer goods, energy, media, telecommunications, transportation, industrial goods, utilities, materials, consumer services, retail, and financial technology

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