90% of private equity comes from banking, Eric Wiklendt took a different route.
Eric Wiklendt did not follow the typical route.
Most people come up through investment banking.
He came through operations.
Detroit roots.
Consulting.
Graduate school.
Operating roles inside large manufacturing companies.
The shift happened when he worked in corporate M&A at Eaton.
That is where the idea of acquiring businesses clicked.
Since 2011, he has been applying that operational lens inside private equity.
And that is what he enjoys most.
Taking real operating experience and using it to drive outcomes inside portfolio companies.
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