Andy Cantwell

As CEO and Managing Partner of Carlson Private Capital, Andy Cantwell is responsible for the firm’s overall strategy, investment portfolio and ongoing management.

Andy and Taylor Moore launched the Carlson Private Capital platform for the Carlson family in late 2018. He has spent over twenty-five years as an investor in the private investment industry; primarily focused on private equity and family capital investing. Prior to leading Carlson Private Capital, Andy was Partner at Norwest Equity Partners, a middle-market private equity firm headquartered in Minneapolis that has raised over $7.0 billion in capital. Andy has worked closely with founders, management teams and served on numerous boards of private companies across a variety of industries including industrial, distribution, consumer, building products, and business and tech-enabled services. Andy worked earlier in his career at Northwestern Mutual Capital and ABN AMRO Bank. Andy graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received his M.B.A from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.