Bowen S. Diehl

Bowen S. Diehl is President and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Southwest Corporation and leads the firm’s investment activities and strategic direction. Mr. Diehl joined Capital Southwest as Chief Investment Officer in 2014. He brings almost 20 years of experience in sourcing, structuring and managing investments in a variety of industries. Mr. Diehl came to Capital Southwest from American Capital, Ltd., which he joined in 2001 and was a managing director since 2007. He has closed investments in 15 platform companies and several add-on acquisitions, representing over $1.1 billion of invested capital. Mr. Diehl’s investments have been in a variety of industries including industrial manufacturing, health care, business services and consumer finance. Mr. Diehl earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree, with majors in environmental/geotechnical engineering and economics, from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.