James P. Kelley is President

President

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 and partner of Vestar Capital Partners

Vestar Capital Partners

Vestar Capital Partners is an American private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyout transactions in the United States, Europe and Asia.The firm, which was founded in 1988 is headquartered in New York City with offices in Boston, Massachusetts, Denver, Colorado in the US as well as Paris, Milan,...

, along with Robert L. Rosner and Daniel O'Сonnell. Vestar today is a $7 billion private equity

Private equity

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 firm concentrating its investments in management buyouts, growth capital, and recapitalisations. Prior to the founding of Vestar in 1988, he was a senior executive with the Management Buyout Group of First Boston Corporation. Kelley has also practiced law with a leading Colorado law firm.

He is an advisory board member of the Yale School of Management

Yale School of Management

The Yale School of Management is the graduate business school of Yale University and is located on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. The School offers Master of Business Administration and Ph.D. degree programs. As of January 2011, 454 students were enrolled in its MBA...

 and a trustee

Trustee

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 of the Denver Art Museum

Denver Art Museum

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 and the Colorado Conservation Trust.

Kelley holds an M.B.A. from Yale School of Management

Yale School of Management

The Yale School of Management is the graduate business school of Yale University and is located on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. The School offers Master of Business Administration and Ph.D. degree programs. As of January 2011, 454 students were enrolled in its MBA...

, a J.D.

Juris Doctor

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 from University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

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, and a B.S.

Bachelor of Science

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 from University of Northern Colorado

University of Northern Colorado

-Organization:The University of Northern Colorado offers 100 undergraduate programs and more than 100 graduate programs. The university has a satellite campus in Denver, Colorado...

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