Advisory and Founding Principal

wglastris@prospect-partners.com

Prior to forming Prospect Partners, Mr. Glastris was a partner at LaSalle Capital Group, a lower middle market leveraged buyout firm in Chicago, from 1990 to 1997. During this time, Mr. Glastris originated and completed nine acquisitions with management partners as a principal and as a personal investor.

From 1983 to 1989, Mr. Glastris was with Golder, Thoma & Cressey (now GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC), a large Chicago-based private equity investment firm managing over $400 million in three funds, and specializing in consolidating fragmented industries. In six years at Golder, Thoma & Cressey, Mr. Glastris originated seven portfolio company investments for the firm.

Mr. Glastris is currently Chairman of four platform companies: Knight Packaging Group, Inc., Kronos Foods, Inc., Regency Windows Corporation, and Spirit Foodservice Products, Inc. He also is a Director of Codel Holding Company and Superior Tool Holding Company. Mr. Glastris formerly served as Chairman of Copperfield Chimney Supply, Inc., First Texas Products Company, Gourmand Specialty Foods, Inc., Marine Accessories Corporation, PAC Holding Company, and Wrap Pack Products Corporation, as Co-Chairman of Equestrian Products Corp., and as a Director of Billiard Brands, Inc., Deflecta-Shield Corp., ELM Packaging Co., L.P., and GolfMark L.P./IRI Golf Group.

Mr. Glastris received a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.