Michael Chu (private equity investor)

James Michael Chu (born July 5,1958) is an American financial businessman. He has been the private equity manager and co-chief executive officer (CEO) of L Catterton since 1989.^[1][2]

Michael Chu
Born	July 5,1958
Education	Bates College (BA)
Occupation	Financial businessman
Spouse	Elizabeth Kalperis

Early life

Chu graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine in 1980, earning a bachelor's degree with majors in psychology and economics. At Bates, he was a member of the board of trustees from 1995 to 2013.^[3]

Career

Chu held various senior financial management positions with The First Pacific Company, a Hong Kong publicly listed investment and management company which he joined in early 1983.^[3] He founded Catterton-Simon Partners in 1982 with Frank Vest and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon.^[4] In 2015, Catterton Partners took on as minor partners Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) and Groupe Arnault (the family office of Bernard Arnault, bringing together $12 billion in assets as L Catterton.^[2] In May 2018, his firm was listed as the 31st largest private equity firm in the world, based on capital raised over the prior five years.^[5] In June 2022, L Catterton were ranked 30th in Private Equity International's 2022 PEI 300 ranking.^[6][7]

Personal life

Chu is married to Elizabeth Kalperis Chu^[8] and they have two adult children.^{[citation needed]}