Gregory K. Jones
Partner
greg@edgewaterfunds.com

Greg Jones is a Partner of Edgewater Growth Capital Partners.

Prior to joining Edgewater, Greg held positions with The Warehouse Club, Office Express and Ernst & Young. He then joined the Reliable Corporation of Chicago, a 200 million dollar revenue business in direct marketing, where he became President and COO. When Reliable was sold, Greg moved to APAC Teleservices, Inc., becoming Senior Vice President. During his tenure, APAC increased revenues from $100 million to $276 million and completed a highly successful IPO. Greg then co-founded uBid.com, a leading online auction marketplace, and became its CEO and Chairman. In four years, he built the company’s revenues to $500 million and took it public. The company was subsequently sold for nearly $500 million.

Greg serves on the boards of several Edgewater portfolio companies including Accutest, American Piping Products, Dental Services Group, Horsburgh & Scott, PGI International, Salter, Satellite Holdings, SEC Holdings and WRS Compass. Greg is Chairman of the Board of NorthShore University Health System (formerly Evanston Northwestern) and was Chairman of The Illinois Math and Science Academy Foundation. He is a Co-Founding board member of The Alain Locke Initiative and an active board member of the Chicago Botanic Garden, World Sport Chicago, Lake Forest Academy and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He is also active with several educational and health-related organizations.

Greg has received the State of Michigan Leadership, the 1999 Ernst & Young and the KPMG Entrepreneur of the Year awards. He was inducted into the University of Illinois-Chicago’s Entrepreneur Hall of Fame and is an Entrepreneurial Fellow at Miami. He is also a Past Chicago Chapter Chairman of the Young Presidents’ Organization.

Greg received his B.S. from Miami University of Ohio, and his M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

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