Lee Equity Partners Nabs Experienced GE Vice Chair Wright as Senior Advisor

(NewsVisual, powered by IntellectSpace )-- General Electric Co (NYSE: GE) Vice Chairman Robert C Wright is moving on to Lee Equity Partners, lending his experience as the private equity firm’s newest Senior Advisor.

Lee Equity Partners was created by Thomas H Lee after leaving his namesake firm in 2006. In addition to Wright, other prominent figures that have joined the new firm include former JC Penney CEO Allen Questrom and former Mercer Management Consulting CEO David Morrison.

NewsVisual created an IntellectSpace Knowledge Map of Wright’s experience as a high-level corporate executive in order to identify what be brings to Lee Equity. In addition to his role as the Vice Chairman of GE, Wright is shown to have previously been the former Chairman and CEO of NBC Universal, stepping down from the company only last year. Prior to joining GE and NBC, he was the President of Cox Cable Communications. Wright is also currently a Director at Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.

By bringing in such industry veterans as Wright, Questrom and Morrison, each with his own wealth of CEO experience, Thomas Lee is clearly striving to make his latest venture even better than the last.

Readers, how do you think that Lee Equity Partners will compare to Thomas H Lee Partners in the long term?

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