Steve Klinsky

Steve Klinsky is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of New Mountain Capital, LLC, a firm formed in January 2000 to achieve long-term capital appreciation through private equity and equity-related investments. He is Chairman at New Mountain Finance Corporation. Before founding New Mountain Capital, Mr. Klinsky was Co-Founder of Goldman Sachs & Co.’s leveraged buyout group from 1981 to 1984, and a Partner of Forstmann Little & Co. from 1984 until leaving to found New Mountain in June 1999. He earned his B.A., with high honors, from the University of Michigan, an MBA from Harvard Business School and his law degree, with honors, from Harvard Law School. He has served as Chairman or Director of numerous public and private companies and is active in charitable and educational causes. New Mountain was voted North American Midmarket Buyout Firm of the Year in 2004 and 2007, according to Private Equity International; was one of five finalists for Buyout Firm of the Year in 2007, 2008 and 2009, according to Buyouts magazine; and was voted Private Equity Firm of the Year, Mid-Market, North America, according to Dealmakers Monthly magazine in 2010, 2011 and 2012.