James A. Gordon
Founder & Managing Partner
jim@edgewaterfunds.com

Jim Gordon is the Founder and Managing Partner of Edgewater Growth Capital Partners. 

Prior to forming Edgewater, Jim was President of Gordon Foods, Inc. and Gordon’s Wholesale, Inc. In 1982, Jim engineered a leveraged buy-out of his personal and family interests in The Gordon Companies and in 1986 sold the company to a European multinational corporation. Prior to forming EGCP I, Jim was an active private equity investor, establishing a highly successful track record. Since 1982, Jim has completed over 150 private equity transactions.

Jim serves on the boards of directors of numerous public and private companies. Jim also serves on the boards of The Whitney Museum of American Art as Treasurer and on the Investment Committee, The Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art on the Executive Committee of the Board and the Investment Committee, Northwestern Memorial Foundation Board of Directors and its Investment Committee, the Joffrey Ballet Board, the Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago Board of Trustees and the Investment Committee, Chicago Cares, the Commercial Club and the Big Shoulders Fund on both the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. He has also served on the boards of Grinnell College as head of the Investment Committee, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Bankers Trust Company, Methodist Medical Centers, Des Moines Art Center where he served as President, Des Moines Ballet, Iowa Society to Prevent Blindness, Des Moines Metro Opera and other organizations.

Jim received his B.A. from Northwestern University.

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