PRESIDIO IN THE NEWS
Sep 2017
Presidio Investors Announces Addition of Chris Puscasiu, New Co-Managing Partner and Former Co-Head of Direct Private Equity at Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (“CDPQ”)
Chris Puscasiu, Former Co-Head of Direct Private Equity for CDPQ, joins Presidio Investors as
Co-Managing Partner
San Francisco, CA, September 6, 2017 – Presidio Investors (“Presidio”), a middle-market buyout firm based
in San Francisco, CA, is pleased to announce that Chris Puscasiu, a 20-year private equity veteran, has
joined as Co-Managing Partner to further reinforce Presidio’s senior leadership and investment and
operational skill set. Chris recently left Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (“CDPQ”), the second
largest pension fund in Canada with over CAD$280 billion under management. At CDPQ, Chris was CoHead of Direct Private Equity, where his responsibilities included overseeing a direct private equity
portfolio of ~CAD$20 billion, and leading the deployment of over CAD$5 billion in private equity
opportunities. Earlier in his distinguished career, Chris served as a Partner at EQT and Prides Capital, and
before that spent several years at Blum Capital Partners, AEA Investors and Bain & Company.
At Presidio, Chris will lead Presidio’s Technology-Enabled Services investment efforts (leveraging his long
track record investing in Services and Technology as a former engineer from UC Berkeley) and guide the
firm’s strategic direction with Co-Managing Partner, and former colleague at Blum Capital, Karl Schade
(who will lead the Financial Services vertical). Chris stated, “Karl and I have known each other for two
decades, having met as section-mates at Harvard Business School, and we are former colleagues. We have
wanted to build a firm together for several years. I’m excited to now have the opportunity to join the
team at Presidio Investors and help them further build a world-class private equity firm. Lower-middle
market private equity investing, Presidio’s specialization, offers one of the best investment return profiles
and Presidio Investors has built a very differentiated platform to capitalize on this type of investing.”
Karl Schade, Presidio’s Co-Managing Partner says “This is quite an exciting time in the evolution of our
firm, and I feel very fortunate to have Chris join us as Co-Managing Partner of Presidio. His wealth of
experience, including his deep investing and operating background, will be invaluable for our continued
growth and success. Just as important, given how well we know each other, I know that he is an ideal fit
for the culture we are building at Presidio. With Chris added to our team, we are even better suited to
continue to deliver great investment returns to our limited partners.”
About Presidio Investors
Presidio Investors was founded in 2007 to pursue exceptional middle market private equity investments.
The firm’s experienced investment professionals specialize in growth-oriented buyouts in the TechnologyEnabled Services and Financial Services industries. The entire Presidio Investors team also has substantial
operating experience, and works side-by-side with management teams to help achieve the best possible
outcome for all stakeholders. For more information, visit: www.presidioinvestors.com.