Robert C. Gay

Robert Gay is the founder and Chairman of Kensington Capital Holdings, a private single-family office. He is co-founder and past CEO of the middle market private equity firm, HGGC. He currently serves as an Executive Director and member of HGGC's investment committee. Mr. Gay is also an Executive Advisor and investment committee member of KSV Global, a growth stage investment firm. He previously worked as Managing Director and Chairman of the Management Committee of Bain Capital. He is a co-founder of Sorenson Capital, past co-manager of the Merchant Banking Group of Kidder Peabody, Executive Vice President of GE Capital Markets, international consultant for McKinsey & Co and an instructor in Economics at Harvard University. He has served on numerous private and public boards of directors. Mr. Gay served full-time as a General Authority Seventy for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2012 to 2021, when he received emeritus status. Mr. Gay is currently a General Authority emeritus for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and an Executive Director of Kensington Capital Philanthropies. He is actively engaged in and co-founder of the humanitarian groups: Engage Now Africa, Unitus Labs, and Ending Modern Slavery. He is currently a Director of the Forever Young Foundation and co-founder of the Ensign Global University in Ghana, the Ballard Center for Social Impact at BYU and the Center for Business, Health, and Prosperity at the University of Utah. Mr. Gay received his Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University and graduated as a Phi Beta Kappa with an A. B. from the University of Utah.