Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 11, 2012
Garland S. Tucker, III, is Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of Triangle Capital Corporation. Before the companys IPO in 2007, he cofounded Triangle Capital's predecessor companies, Triangle Capital Partners, LLC, and Triangle Mezzanine Fund LLLP in 2002 and 2003, respectively. Before cofounding Triangle, Mr. Tucker and an outside investor group sold First Travelcorp, a corporate travel services company that he and the investors founded in 1991. For the two years preceding the founding of First Travelcorp, Mr. Tucker served as Group Vice President, Chemical Bank, New York, with responsibility for Southeastern corporate finance. Before Chemical Bank, Mr. Tucker spent a decade with Carolina Securities Corporation, serving as President and CEO until 1988. During his tenure, Carolina Securities was a member of the New York Stock Exchange, and Mr. Tucker served a term as President of the Mid-Atlantic Securities Industry Association. He entered the securities business in 1975 with Investment Corporation of Virginia. Mr. Tucker is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and Harvard Business School. Profile
TWST: Would you start with a brief overview of Triangle Capital Corporation?
Mr. Tucker: Triangle Capital operates as a publicly traded BDC. We started initially in 2002 as a private