Scott MacLaren | The Keys to Longevity in Private Equity

Our guest for this week’s episode of M&A Masters is Scott MacLaren, Partner of The Sterling Group in Houston. The Sterling Group is a private equity firm, one of the oldest in the country, and currently has $4 billion of assets under management. Scott did not start off in private equity – he studied at the United States Military Academy at West Point, started business school after serving in the Army, and then finally found his private equity calling after working as a consultant. He started recruiting heavily for the middle market, and has now been with Sterling for seven years making investments in the industrial sector. We chat with Scott about his path to The Sterling Group, as well as: The competition of the private equity marketEstablishing longevity in a growing industryFinding excitement in investing in “unsexy” marketsSimplifying life-changing eventsThe predictions for industrial markets and partners after the pandemicAnd more