Darren Mao

Darren Mao is a Vice President at Golden Gate Capital, specializing in Consumer Private Equity since August 2021. Previously, Darren served as a Private Equity Associate within the same firm. Earlier experience includes working as an Associate at Boston Consulting Group, focusing on pre-deal M&A strategy from January 2020 to August 2021, and as a Deals Strategy Associate at Strategy&, where responsibilities encompassed commercial due diligence, growth strategy, and value creation for private equity portfolio companies from September 2018 to December 2019. Additional experience includes roles as a Summer Analyst at Bank OZK and as a Financial Analyst Intern at Marcus & Millichap. Darren holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin.