Willie E. Woods
ICV Partners
When you look at Willie Woods, CEO at ICV Partners, it is hard to believe that he started the middle-market buyout firm 25 years ago. Woods continues to exhibit the youthful appearance and energy of his merger and acquisition days in the 1980’s. Today, ICV is one the earliest and most experienced Black-owned private equity firms. The firm operates with a set of established core values: Honesty, Humility, Hunger, and Hard work. ICV makes control investments in the lower end of the middle market where they believe companies are uniquely driven, entrepreneurial and focused but have special challenges. Enter ICV, with decades of transaction experience, financial and operating resources to help portfolio companies outpace the competition, and generate strong investment results for ICV’s limited partners. According to Woods, “In the process, we’re proud to say we’ve earned a reputation of supportive collaboration with management teams. We consistently work to give genuine meaning to the phrase “value-added partner.” It has been this reputational capital that has positioned ICV for great deal flow and consistent support from institutional limited partners. It is likely that their current vintage will be oversubscribed. Away from ICV, Woods is a man in demand. He was brought in seven years ago to Chair the Board of prestigious Morehouse College, his alma mater. He also donates a substantial portion of his time mentoring and investing in new general partners like Harlem Capital whose founders, like many high achieving professionals in the industry got their start at ICV Partners.
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