Troy Thacker
Co-Founder, Managing Partner & Member of Investment Committee at Ara Partners
Houston, US
About
Thacker has over 20 years of financial and executive experience across the energy industry. He most recently, from 2014 to 2017, served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Total Safety, Inc., a Warburg Pincus-backed, international safety services company, headquartered in Houston, Texas. Total Safety has approximately 4,000 employees, 150+ locations and serves multinational oil and gas, industrial, and process industry customers in more than 26 countries. Prior to Total Safety, Mr. Thacker served as President and Chief Executive Officer of R360 Environmental Solutions, Inc., from 2010 until 2013. Mr. Thacker led R360 from a regional business into the nation’s largest drilling and production waste management provider for the oil and gas industry, completing nine acquisitions and growing revenue and cash flow by over 350% and ultimately selling the company in 2012 to Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE:WCN) for $1.4 billion, approximately an 8x return for shareholders. Prior to j
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- • 10 investors at Ara Partners are tracked.
- • 1,801 investors hold the Co-Founder, Managing Partner & Member of Investment Committee role in VCSift. Troy Thacker is one of them.
- • 801 investors are based in Houston, Texas, United States.
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