Bob Gay
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Bob co-founded HGGC in 2007 and is a member of the Fund V, Fund IV, Fund III, Fund II, and HGCP Fund Investment Committees. Bob stepped down from day-to-day management at HGGC in 2012.
Bob has been active in private equity for close to 40 years and began his career when he joined GE Capital from McKinsey & Co., where he was an Engagement Manager. At GE Capital, he was Executive Vice President of the GECC Capital Markets group. From 1989 to 2004, he served as a Managing Director of Bain Capital. He was one of Bain’s senior partners, leading many of the firm's investments, and oversaw Bain Capital Europe, where he opened Bain’s London and Munich offices. He also organized Sorenson Capital, a middle-market private equity firm, where he was a member of its Advisory Board.
Bob resigned as a full-time partner from Bain Capital when The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints asked him to take a volunteer assignment as a Mission President for the countries of Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia from July 2004 to June 2007.
Bob has actively been involved in humanitarian work all his business life. In 2001, he co-founded Unitus, a global micro-credit company, which is currently helping lift 9 million people across the world out of poverty. Unitus has been recognized worldwide and last three years received the prestigious Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist award naming it one of the top 45 social capital companies in the USA. Bob has also funded KOMART, a micro-credit organization serving West Africa. He is currently a board member of three global charities: Right to Play, Forever Young Foundation and Realizing the Dream.
Bob received his Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University, where he taught economics for two years, A.B. from the University of Utah, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
*Executive Directors are advisors to HGGC; not employees of the firm.