Paul J. Carbone
Director of Baird Private Equity
Managing Partner, Baird Capital Partners;
Managing Partner, Baird Venture Partners


Paul Carbone is Director of Baird Private Equity, the global private equity group affiliated with Robert W. Baird & Co. (Baird). Since 1999, Paul also has been Managing Partner and Chairman of the Investment Committees for both Baird Capital Partners and Baird Venture Partners.

Paul is a member of the Board of Directors of Baird Financial Corporation, Robert W. Baird Group Limited, Baird Capital Partners Europe, Granville Baird Limited, Baird Asia Limited, Illinois Venture Capital Association, Wisconsin Venture Capital Association and the MCW Research Foundation. Paul also serves on the board of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and co-chairs the advisory board of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center. Prior to joining Baird in 1994, he was a Senior Vice President in the Investment Banking Group at Kidder, Peabody & Co. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of The College of the University of Chicago and a member of its Visiting Committee. Paul received his MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Baird Private Equity makes venture capital, change-in-control and growth equity investments in the United States through Baird Venture Partners and Baird Capital Partners and in Europe through Baird Capital Partners Europe and Granville Baird Ltd, an affiliated fund manager that invests in Germany. With more than 40 investment professionals in the United States and Europe and over 20 operating professionals in Asia, Baird Private Equity has raised and managed $2.2 billion in capital.

Baird Private Equity’s operating resources in China and India, located in four offices (Bangalore, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai), focus on facilitating and executing Asia sales/distribution, sourcing, and manufacturing opportunities for its portfolio companies. Baird Private Equity’s investments are supported by Baird’s full range of financial advice, operating expertise and industry research, providing a unique full-service approach to the entire private equity investment process. For more information, please visit www.bairdprivateequity.com