Star Mountain Capital, LLC ("Star Mountain"), a specialized, alpha-focused, employee-owned, private markets investment firm with over $4 billion in assets under management ("AUM"), is pleased to announce the promotion of Curtis Glovier to Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Glovier has been working with the Star Mountain team for over five years, most recently as Strategic Investment & Portfolio Officer.
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Curtis Glovier, Chief Investment Officer at Star Mountain Capital.
Mr. Glovier brings more than 30 years of experience to his new role. He has held C-level executive positions and worked across private credit, secondaries, private equity, investment banking, consulting, and board leadership. This broad background gives him a strong mix of operating and investment expertise.
"Curtis has consistently brought thoughtful leadership and deep investment expertise to Star Mountain," said Brett Hickey, Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO. "Curtis exudes our STAR Values with a disciplined operating approach, authentic caring for our team and clients and an analytical mindset to consider and robustly debate information to help come up with the best answer. He has a strong and consistent track record of success throughout his life and career. It is an honor to have him as a senior partner, member of our Executive Committee and Chief Investment Officer."
"Star Mountain's purpose-built platform bringing large market resources to high quality, established, small and medium-sized U.S. private businesses remains a compelling investment strategy that I believe creates meaningful value for all stakeholders," said Curtis Glovier. "I'm honored to take on the role of Chief Investment Officer and look forward to helping Star Mountain further its mission of generating strong risk-adjusted returns for investors while also creating a positive community impact by helping build businesses and drive innovation."
Career Background
Before joining Star Mountain, Mr. Glovier held several senior roles across Opus Bank and its subsidiary PENSCO Trust Company. At Opus Bank, he served as Senior Executive Vice President, heading wealth services, and was Managing Partner and Investment Committee Member of Opus Equity Partners, an SBIC lower middle-market private investment fund. He also served as Chairman, CEO and President of PENSCO Trust Company, a specialty custodian of alternative investments for retirement accounts with over $16 billion in assets under custody. Opus and PENSCO were acquired by Pacific Premier Bancorp (NASDAQ:PPBI).
Mr. Glovier joined the leadership team at Opus after leading Fortress Investment Group's investment in the bank. He spent nearly 10 years at Fortress, a ~$50 billion AUM asset manager, where he was a Managing Director, Department Head, and Investment Committee Member in the Credit Business, and led private equity and debt investments across a range of industries with a focus on financial services.
Before Fortress, Mr. Glovier was a Managing Director at Perseus, a $2 billion AUM diversified lower middle-market private equity firm headquartered in Washington, DC, where he co-led the buyout group in the firm's New York City office. Earlier, Mr. Glovier was with Nassau Capital, a private investment firm that managed over $2 billion of alternatives for its sole client, the Princeton University Investment Company; he focused on direct investments in companies across a variety of industries and stages ranging from venture capital to private equity. Mr. Glovier started his career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group and then worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs.
Board Roles and Education
During his private equity and private credit career, he has served as Chairman of the Board of three companies and held board positions across a wide range of sectors including financial services, industrial, business services, pharmaceutical, communications, and technology companies.
He currently serves on the Board of Governors of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
He holds a BA in Economics, cum laude, from Princeton University; a Masters of Economic Studies from James Cook University in Australia as a Rotary International Scholar; and an MBA from The Wharton School, where he was a Palmer Scholar.
About Star Mountain Capital
With over $4 billion in AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 5/31/2025), Star Mountain specializes in providing scalable and data-driven investment solutions across two core strategies:
- Direct Investments: Providing debt and equity capital to established lower middle-market businesses.
- Secondary Investments: Acquiring LP interests, direct assets, and making primary LP commitments.
Star Mountain's investors include public and private pensions, insurance companies, commercial banks, endowments, foundations, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. Employee-owned and sharing profits with 100% of its U.S. full-time employees, the firm prioritizes alignment of interests to maximize value for stakeholders.
Since 2010, Star Mountain has completed over 300 direct investments and 50 secondary/fund investments in the North American lower middle-market. The firm has been recognized as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies and a Best Place to Work by Crain's New York Business and Pensions & Investments.
For more information, visit www.starmountaincapital.com.
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Ranking Methodologies:
- Crain's Best Places to Work: Evaluations were conducted through a two-part process, assessing workplace policies, practices, and employee satisfaction via surveys. Participation required a fee solely for survey processing purposes. More details are available at Crain's eligibility criteria.
- Pensions & Investments Best Places to Work: Companies were evaluated based on surveys measuring employee engagement (75%) and employer policies (25%). Participation required a minimum of 20 U.S. employees and $100 million in discretionary assets under management. Further details can be found at P&I eligibility criteria.
- Inc. 5000 Rankings: Companies were ranked based on revenue growth from 2019 to 2022. To qualify, firms had to be U.S.-based, privately held, and independent, with revenue thresholds of at least $100,000 in 2019 and $2 million in 2022. More details are available at Inc. 5000 criteria.
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