“We’re really about business as people.  We’re people backers.  We are great partners with great business leaders.  And we’ll walk through walls to help them succeed.”

Bruce joined GTCR in 1981. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Dartmouth College summa cum laude, with highest distinction in Economics.

Bruce continues to be very committed to helping others succeed.  He serves on the board of the Renaissance Schools Fund, Ravinia Music Festival and the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. He is a member of the President’s Councils for both Dartmouth College and Harvard Business School.  Bruce is Chairman of the Education Committee of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago and past Chairman of the Chicago Public Education Fund.  He was the principal donor for Chicago projects including the new Red Cross regional headquarters, a YMCA in the Little Village neighborhood, four new charter high schools on the near west side and the Stanley C. Golder Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Finance at the University of Illinois.  Bruce works with the Nature Conservancy and Montana Land Reliance to preserve ranch land and wildlife habitat in Montana and received the Murie-Broome Award from The Wilderness Society for outstanding work in wilderness preservation.

Phone: (312) 382-2230