Elliot J Wagner

Bio

Elliot J. Wagner is a Principal with U.S. Buyout, focusing on buyouts, privatizations and strategic minority investments in the consumer and retail sector. Mr. Wagner is based in New York. Since joining Carlyle in 2000, Mr. Wagner has been actively involved with Carlyle’s investments in current portfolio companies NBTY, Inc. (acquired in partnership with Carlyle’s Europe Buyout Fund), Sequa Corporation and Wesco Aircraft Hardware Corporation. Mr. Wagner was also a member of the transaction teams that executed Carlyle’s investments in Landmark Aviation which was sold to Dubai Aerospace in August 2007; USIS which was sold to Providence Equity Partners in August 2007; Avio which was sold to Cinven in December 2006; Communications & Power Industries in which Carlyle sold its stake in the senior and junior preferred stock to Leonard Green & Partners in November 2003; and United Defense Industries which was exited through an IPO in December 2001 and subsequent secondary equity offering/block trades. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Wagner was a Financial Analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Lehman Brothers, where he focused on transactions in the Aerospace, Defense, Technology and Consumer sectors. Mr. Wagner serves on the Board of Directors of NBTY, Inc. and was previously on the Board of Directors of Sequa Corporation, Wesco Aircraft Hardware Corporation and USIS. Mr. Wagner graduated with distinction from Cornell University, where he received a B.S. in Economics and Business Management.