We were founded to own and operate a services or manufacturing business in essential industries serving core human needs, for example: energy, water, health, food, communications.
Our capital base lets us grow and own a business permanently. We can make long-term, strategic decisions and focus on multi-decade success.
We are an active owner involved in operations. We care about the community importance of a company, its culture, and legacy of an owner.
We invest our own capital and can grow a business for decades. We are focused on enduring value and success, not a short holding period.
Active day-to-day , focused on growth and enhancement to create value, jobs, and purpose.
Essential industries, tied to core human needs
Fritz grew up as one of five children around a family-owned forestry business that his grandfather created. He saw the purpose and pride that building a legacy and managing natural resources gave his grandfather.
The forestry business was the inspiration for Fritz to own and operate a business for the long-term in sectors linked to key human needs, following years helping build and grow services and industrial businesses at other firms.
Prior to Highwald, Fritz was Co-Head of Direct Investments at Continental Grain Company, a family-owned investor and operator of industrial and services businesses. He was responsible for leading new investments and partnering with portfolio companies in the industrials, consumer, and healthcare sectors. He previously was a Board Director for Agile Cold Storage and Kinder's Holdings. He also worked at Berkshire Partners and at Bain & Company. He holds an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School and a BA from the University of Oxford.
Fritz lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and their two sons. Outside of spending time with family, Fritz loves to hunt, fish, and play golf.
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