CEO
Arbor Investments, LLC
Mr. Purcell co-founded Arbor Investments in 1999. Arbor Investments is a specialized private equity firm that focuses exclusively on acquiring companies in the food, beverage and related industries. To date, Arbor has acquired or invested in over 60 companies in North America. The firm is recognized as a preeminent leader in private equity and is the only firm to win Buyouts Magazine’s coveted Deal of the Year award three times. With offices in Chicago and New York, Arbor’s active portfolio of investments has an aggregated $3 billion in annual revenue and the firm is currently investing out of Arbor Investments Fund IV. Prior to founding Arbor, Mr. Purcell was SVP of Mergers & Acquisitions at the largest privately held food & beverage company in the U.S.