
When his old firm aimed for bigger funds, Justin Hillenbrand chose the market he already knew. Two decades after co-founding Monomoy, he is still working on the same problem: how to make a business work better.

Scott Dahnke studied mechanical engineering, then made a career of studying consumers. At L Catterton, his work connects the desire for a brand with the less glamorous business of making it grow.
He built Atlantic-Pacific Capital around the business of raising money. Then a childhood promise took James Manley to Montana, where a family retreat became The Ranch at Rock Creek.