Wisdom Board - PULSE podcast - Robert Brown, CEO North America, Lincoln International
PULSE Podcast Series | Episode 01
A brief 20 minutes conversation with one of the world’s leading investment bankers.
The Wisdom Board PULSE podcast series is a new collection of personal conversations with leading industry leaders, owners, founders, and boards. PULSE delivers enlightening insights from industry veterans’ own leadership journeys. PULSE guests are entrepreneurs, founders, owners, CEOs, Chairmen, philanthropists, as well as investors from private equity, venture, family offices, and institutions.
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Robert T. Brown
CEO North America and Managing Director
Lincoln International LLC
500 West Madison Street, Suite 3900 | Chicago, IL 60661
t. +1 (312) 580-8340 | m. +1 (312) 933-0561
rbrown@lincolninternational.com
www.lincolninternational.com
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Robert Brown
CEO, North America
Lincoln International
As Lincoln’s Chief Executive Officer of the Americas and a key driver of the firm’s growth from its beginnings, Rob has been instrumental in building its global footprint and a highly desirable culture that prioritizes attracting, retaining and engaging top talent at all levels. As a connected leader within the firm, Rob works closely with Lincoln’s investment banking professionals to help them achieve success. He continues to focus on building long-term relationships with clients and prospects, achieving optimal results through his thoughtful, interpersonal and collaborative approach.
Rob has nearly 30 years of experience advising leading private equity groups, privately owned businesses and large public companies on divestitures, acquisitions and other strategic initiatives. Rob helped start Lincoln’s industrials and consumer practices and led the firm’s business services practice for more than a decade. Accordingly, Rob has a deep understanding of how to best position companies for sale, drive competitive processes and negotiate to successful closings.
As a recognized advisor and thought leader in the investment banking industry, Rob is a frequent guest on WBBM’s Noon Business Hour in Chicago and a speaker and author on mergers and acquisitions-related topics. Rob sits on the board of UNICEF USA and the Dean’s Business Council for the Gies School of Business at the University of Illinois. He is also President of the Board of Regents at Saint Ignatius College Prep in Chicago.
Prior to Lincoln, Rob worked at Price Waterhouse. His diverse experiences include management positions in Price Waterhouse’s investment banking subsidiary and the Transaction Services group.
Rob earned a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois. Rob is a certified public accountant (inactive).
