Kent Adams Managing Director
612.904.5706 | kadams@ghf.net
Kent Adams has more than 17 years of investment banking experience in mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance. From 1991 to 2003, Kent was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Group at Piper Jaffray, where he spearheaded several industry practice and M&A groups. His industry experience and expertise includes consumer/food, manufacturing, media and business, financial and learning services. Over the course of his career, Kent has completed over 140 investment banking transactions and advisory assignments, including mergers & acquisitions, private equity and debt placements, public offerings of equity and debt, going-private transactions and valuation advisory assignments. Clients have included Aerometric, Capital Resource Partners, D.L. Ricci Corporation, Golden Oval Eggs, Goldner Hawn, Health Fitness Corporation, LoisLaw, Med-Trans Corporation, Northcott Companies, Samuel Lawrence Furniture, SoftPac Industries, School Specialty, and Tonka Bay Equity. Kent grew up in Minnesota and is a graduate of Harvard University (BA) and the Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA). Kent recently served as Chair for the Blake School Board of Trustees and is a former high school history teacher and coach.
