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Bennett Thompson

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Co-Founder, Managing Director at Mountaingate Capital
📍 Denver, Colorado, United States

Bennett Thompson is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Mountaingate Capital, a Denver-based private equity firm. He specializes in partnering with founders and entrepreneurs to grow lower middle-market companies, drawing on over 15 years of investment experience. He earned his B.A. from Washington and Lee University.

Outside of work, Bennett and his wife, Elizabeth, enjoy outdoor adventures like fly fishing and skiing with their two children in the Colorado mountains. He serves on the board of Food For Thought, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting hunger in Denvers schools, and captained the mens varsity soccer team in college.

His firms new Denver office was intentionally designed to reflect the Colorado lifestyle and provide strong visual connections to both the mountains and the urban environment.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder, Managing Director
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Founder & Entrepreneur Support
His firm's strategy is solely focused on partnering with and supporting founder-owners to help them aggressively scale their businesses and build industry-leading companies.
Lower Middle-Market Growth
He has spent his career investing in the lower middle-market, executing a customer-focused, buy-and-build strategy to drive transformational growth.
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Career

Work history

5-2016
Co-Founder, Managing Director
Mountaingate Capital
2007 - 2019
Managing Director
KRG Capital Partners
2002 - 2006
Vice President
Heritage Partners
2000 - 2002
Analyst
Harris Williams & Co.
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Education
1996 - 2000
BA
Washington and Lee University
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