Steven Langman
Encyclopedia
Steven M. Langman is a businessman and investor and the chairman and co-founder of the Rhône Group
, the private-equity
and financial advisory firm.
Langman was a managing director from 1993 at Lazard Freres & Co. LLC and the youngest person to be named to that position in the firm's 150-year history. As president and chief executive officer for UBP's newly-formed U.S. subsidiary, he oversaw the mergers and acquisitions advisory business, and also established a merchant banking operation, and developed private banking and asset management services for the U.S. Prior to joining Lazard's New York office in 1990, Langman spent three years with Lazard Freres & Co. in London. Previously, he was with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York
and London
as a senior partner. He holds a B.A. with highest honors from The University of North Carolina and an M.S.c. from The London School of Economics
.
Heritage Centre and is a major donor to Success for Kids, Inc. (SFK). Both he and his wife, Wendy have also donated extensively to political candidates such as Mitt Romney
, Marco Rubio
, Sue Lowden
, as well as the Castle Campaign Fund.
Rhône Group
Rhône Group is a private equity firm, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and partnerships with particular focus on European and Trans- Atlantic investments...
, the private-equity
Private equity
Private equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....
and financial advisory firm.
Background
Prior to co-founding the Rhone GroupRhône Group
Rhône Group is a private equity firm, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and partnerships with particular focus on European and Trans- Atlantic investments...
Langman was a managing director from 1993 at Lazard Freres & Co. LLC and the youngest person to be named to that position in the firm's 150-year history. As president and chief executive officer for UBP's newly-formed U.S. subsidiary, he oversaw the mergers and acquisitions advisory business, and also established a merchant banking operation, and developed private banking and asset management services for the U.S. Prior to joining Lazard's New York office in 1990, Langman spent three years with Lazard Freres & Co. in London. Previously, he was with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and London
London
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as a senior partner. He holds a B.A. with highest honors from The University of North Carolina and an M.S.c. from The London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
.
Philanthropy
Langman is on the Jewish committee board of the HineniHineni
Hineni was, as a result of a speech given at the Madison Square Garden by Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis on November 18, 1973, "one of the first Ba'al Teshuva movements...
Heritage Centre and is a major donor to Success for Kids, Inc. (SFK). Both he and his wife, Wendy have also donated extensively to political candidates such as Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
Willard Mitt Romney is an American businessman and politician. He was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and is a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination.The son of George W...
, Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
Marco Antonio Rubio is the junior United States Senator from Florida . A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives ....
, Sue Lowden
Sue Lowden
Suzanne Parkinson "Sue" Pluskoski Lowden is the former Chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party and a former State Senator in Nevada. Lowden is a former businesswoman, television news anchor and kindergarten teacher...
, as well as the Castle Campaign Fund.
See also
- Rhone GroupRhône GroupRhône Group is a private equity firm, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and partnerships with particular focus on European and Trans- Atlantic investments...
- List of private equity firms
- QuiksilverQuiksilverQuiksilver, Inc. , is an American company based in Huntington Beach, California, one of the world's largest manufacturers of surfwear and other boardsport-related equipment...
- LazardLazardLazard Ltd is the parent company of Lazard Group LLC, a global, independent investment bank with approximately 2,300 employees in 42 cities across 27 countries throughout Europe, North America, Asia, Australia, Central and South America...