Neal Aronson

American businessman (born 1965) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Neal Keith Aronson (born 1965) is an American billionaire businessman, and the founder and managing partner of Roark Capital Group, a private equity firm.[1]

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Neal Aronson
Born
Neal Keith Aronson

1965 (age 5960)
NationalityAmerican
EducationLehigh University
Known forFounder and managing partner, Roark Capital Group
Co-founder, U.S. Franchise Systems
SpouseWendy L. Conrad
Children3
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Aronson earned a bachelor's degaree from Lehigh University.[2] He started his career in the corporate finance department of Drexel Burnham Lambert.[2]

In 1995, together with his uncle, Mike Leven, a former president of Holiday Inn, he co-founded U.S. Franchise Systems, and expanded a regional chain of 27 hotels into the US's tenth-largest hotel franchisor with more than 1,100 properties before selling it to the Pritzker family's Hyatt Hotels in 2000 for $100 million, earning Aronson about $10 million.[3]

In 2001, Aronson founded Roark Capital.[2]

As of September 2023, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$2.7 billion.[1]

Aronson is married to Wendy Conrad; they live in Atlanta, Georgia and have three children.[4]

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