Former Fortress executive becomes Star Mountain Capital MD

Curtis Glovier, a former managing director and investment committee member at Fortress Investment Group, has been named managing director and strategic portfolio officer at Star Mountain Capital.

Glovier was previously a Star Mountain senior advisor. He has more than three decades experience in alternative investment, and served as managing director of Fortress until 2016.

At Fortress, Glovier founded the private equity department and he was an investment committee member within the company’s credit business.

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“It has been a pleasure working with Curtis personally and professionally over the past four plus years since he became a personal investor and senior advisor,” said Brett Hickey, founder and chief executive of Star Mountain Capital.

“We are confident his 30+ years of alternative investment experience encompassing private credit, private equity, being a C-level operating executive, chairing boards, investment banking and consulting will be of enormous value to all our stakeholders, including investors, portfolio companies and the Star Mountain team.”

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Glovier said that he is excited to transition into his new role at Star Mountain, and praised the company’s platform and offerings.

“Star Mountain’s purpose-built platform bringing large market resources to high quality, established, small and medium-sized US private businesses is a compelling investment strategy that I believe will continue to provide value to all stakeholders,” said Glovier.

“I am excited to transition to a full-time partner to help Star Mountain further its mission of generating high quality, differentiated returns for investors while also creating a positive community impact by helping build businesses and drive innovation.”

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