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Alex Schneider is an Adjunct Lecturer at the Kellogg School of Management, specializing in Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) and search funds private equity. He serves as the program director for the ETA track of the Zell Fellows Program at Kellogg. Alex is a co-founder and managing partner at Clover Capital Partners, an independent sponsor private equity firm based in Evanston, focusing on acquiring small businesses in the food and beverage manufacturing sector. Additionally, he co-founded Clover Vitality, a growth equity fund that invests in emerging consumer products brands. Beyond his strategic investments in food and beverage, Alex personally invests in startups and search funds centered around entrepreneurial acquisition. Alex has over a decade of experience in traditional private equity, having worked at Chicago-based Keystone Capital, and began his career in finance at JPMorgan as an investment banking professional. He graduated with honors from Northwestern University, where he studied Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences, and earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.
Clover Capital Partners LLC • Evanston, IL
Co-founder and managing partner of an independent sponsor private equity firm.
Keystone Capital, Inc. • Chicago, IL
Worked for seven years in traditional private equity.
Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison, Inc. •
Contributed to private equity transactions.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. •
Started career in finance as an investment banking analyst.
Student Solutions, Inc. •
Managed operations and strategy.
Standard PhD requirements for TGS departments including Chemistry, Physics, and Sociology.