Steven Dresner

Mr. Dresner founded Dresner Partners in 1991 to provide Wall Street investment banking services to middle market businesses. His distinguished corporate finance career spans nearly 40 years, including mergers, acquisitions, debt and equity financing, restructuring and turnarounds, recapitalizations and international transactions. In addition to his transactional experience, Mr. Dresner has led and supervised numerous valuations, fairness opinions and strategic financial consulting engagements. He has completed or supervised transactions totaling approximately $5 billion in transaction value. He has worked extensively in several industries including healthcare, business services, food and consumer products, building products, textiles, industrial manufacturing, retail and media. Prior to founding Dresner Partners, Mr. Dresner held management positions with First Chicago Corporation (JP Morgan Chase), Arthur Andersen (corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions practices), Heller Financial and GE Capital Corporation.

A community leader, Mr. Dresner serves on the Board of Directors of the Michael Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago and the Burnham Harbor Yacht Club. Previously he has served on the Boards of North Shore Congregation Israel, the Chicago Association for Corporate Growth, Jobs for Youth, RTC Advisory Board, and The Entrepreneurship Institute. He is also a member of The Economic Club of Chicago.

Education

M.B.A. Finance, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
B.S. Economics, with Honors, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania