In today’s complex business environment, companies look to investment bankers such as Gary Pagar to ensure that their companies’ acquire the capital markets access and funding needed to guarantee adequate liquidity to implement their growth plans. With more than 25 years in the industry and a broad range of experience that includes mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financing, and strategic advisory services, Gary Pagar has a strong track record of success in funding entrepreneurial growth businesses. Mr. Pagar’s introduction to investment banking came through his coursework at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania then at Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. when he was hired as an Associate, just out of school. Following Merrill Lynch, Gary Pagar joined Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. as an Associate. During the three years Gary Pagar spent working for Oppenheimer, the firm’s management promoted him to Vice President. During the next 20 years, Gary Pagar held senior roles at such firms as the Tribeca Group, Inc., a private equity firm focused on middle market acquisitions, MedFirst Healthcare, a portfolio company of Goldman Sachs focused on acquiring healthcare services businesses and at Profile Media Group. In 2004, he returned to his roots advising clients, joining his former Oppenheimer colleagues at Westwood Capital, a boutique investment banking advisory firm. In 2007, Mr. Pagar relocated back to Los Angeles, where MedFirst was headquartered, and joined the Cappello Group, Inc., a Santa Monica, California-based investment bank that provides corporate finance and M&A services to clients around the globe. Named to Crain’s New York Business journal’s inaugural “40 Under 40” list, a distinction awarded to up-and-coming leaders from a number of industries, Gary Pagar also was a national finalist in the “Entrepreneur of the Year” award handed out annually by Inc. Magazine and Ernst & Young.
