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Reeve Waud is the Founder and Managing Partner of Waud Capital Partners (Waud Capital), a private equity firm based in Chicago, Illinois, with approximately $1 billion of capital under management. Over Reeve Waud’s twenty-five year private equity career, he has acquired more than 150 companies. Today, Waud Capital’s portfolio companies have revenues of approximately $7 billion and more than 15,000 employees. In addition, he has oversight and shares investment responsibility for an additional $5 billion of investments. Reeve Waud has invested in a wide variety of industries including, healthcare services, business, government and consumer services, specialty distribution, and value-added manufacturing. He and Waud Capital have founded or co-founded sixteen companies that have become top ten in their respective industries including: the largest private adhesives company in the United States; the largest distributor of petroleum products for commercial and industrial; the second largest
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- • 6 investors at Waud Capital Partners are tracked.
- • 162 investors hold the Founder & Managing Partner role in VCSift. Reeve Waud is one of them.
- • 1,718 investors are based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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