Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
Michael Knapp joined LLCP in 2016 and currently serves as a Director of the Investment Originations team. In this capacity, he is responsible for the origination of new investment opportunities and investment due diligence with a focus on the Western U.S.
Prior to joining LLCP, Michael was an investment professional with LaSalle Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm, where he was responsible for due diligence on new investment opportunities and portfolio company management. Michael began his career at Macquarie Capital in New York as a member of the Financial Institutions team. Michael received a B.S.B.A. in Finance with High Honors from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University Bloomington and an M.B.A. with Honors from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, LLC is a middle-market private equity firm with a 37-year track record of investing across various targeted sectors, including franchising, professional services, education and engineered products. Since inception, LLCP has managed approximately $11 billion of institutional capital across 14 investment funds and has invested in over 90 portfolio companies. LLCP utilizes a differentiated Structured Private Equity investment strategy, combining debt and equity capital investments in portfolio companies. LLCP’s global team of dedicated investment professionals is led by seven partners who have worked at LLCP for an average of 21 years. The firm currently manages approximately $7 billion of assets – including its most recent flagship fund, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners VI, L.P., which closed in 2018 with $2.5 billion of committed capital, and its most recent European fund, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Europe II SCSp, which closed in 2020 with €463 million of committed capital. LLCP has offices in Los Angeles, London, The Hague, Stockholm, New York, Chicago, Charlotte and Miami.