Kevin Williams

Kevin Williams currently serves as a Managing Partner of Arteryx Capital Partners, a lower middle market private equity firm which provides long term capital for leading companies well positioned for next stage growth. The prior six years, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of 13D Research, a global investment research firm focused on identifying the asset classes, markets, and industry groups that are positioned to outperform over a long-term investment horizon. Before joining the team at 13D, Kevin worked as a buy-side investor at Chicago Growth Partners, a growth focused private equity fund that invested over $750 million in more than 35 middle market companies.

He spent the previous 12 years serving as an officer in the U.S. Navy SEAL Teams where he led SEAL and Coalition Forces during seven deployments worldwide in support of the Global War on Terror and other foreign policy objectives. His last two years of service were spent as the Basic Training Officer of Basic SEAL Training where he led 120 SEAL instructors in the screening and selection of over 1,000 SEAL candidates annually.

Prior to that assignment, he was screened and selected to serve at SEAL Team SIX as an Assault Squadron Troop Commander. There, he led a 35-man assault troop while executing five deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and national level missions. Prior to that, Kevin served as a Platoon Commander and Operations Officer at SEAL Team THREE, conducting another 6-month deployment to Near East Asia.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1994 where he also wrestled for four years on scholarship. Following his time in the service, he earned an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his wife Toni and three daughters, Darby, Andy and Casey. He enjoys skydiving, scuba diving, chess, and playing rugby.