Robert Lindsay

Chairman & Co-Founder at Lindsay Goldberg

Bob is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Lindsay Goldberg. Prior to co-founding Lindsay Goldberg, he joined Bessemer Holdings in 1991 and played a central role in building the firm’s private equity business, most recently serving as its Managing General Partner. Previously, Bob was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Private Equity, where he played an integral role in founding the business in 1984 and building it into a global private equity firm. He also played a principal role in the formation and management of Morgan Stanley’s first leveraged equity fund, Morgan Stanley Leveraged Equity Fund, L.P., and its successor, Morgan Stanley Leveraged Equity Fund II, L.P. Bob joined Morgan Stanley in 1978 where, alongside Alan, he created the Transaction Development Group, the first business development group devoted strictly to the mergers and acquisitions business at Morgan Stanley. Bob is President and CEO of Bessemer Securities LLC as well as a Director of The Bessemer Group, Incorporated and its subsidiary banks, including Bessemer Trust Company, N.A. Bob also serves as a Trustee of the Cold Spring Harbor Biological Laboratory.

Timeline

  • Chairman & Co-Founder

    Current role