Stefano Alberto Bonfiglio (born February 1964) is an Italian businessman, the co-founder and managing partner of Stirling Square Capital Partners, a London-based private equity firm that invests in companies valued between €50 million and €500 million.

Stefano Bonfiglio
Born
Stefano Alberto Bonfiglio

February 1964 (age 60)
NationalityItalian
Alma materGeorgetown University
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton Business School
Occupationprivate equity manager
Known forFounder and partner, Stirling Square Capital Partners
Board member ofStirling Square Capital Partners
Walkabout Foundation
Spouses
  • Rosa de la Cruz Bonfiglio
  • Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster
Children8
RelativesRolando Gonzalez-Bunster (father-in-law)
Carlos de la Cruz (ex-father-in-law)

Early life

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Stefano Alberto Bonfiglio was born in Italy in February 1964.[1] He has a bachelor's degree in International Economics from Georgetown University, a master's degree in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the Wharton Business School.[2]

Career

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Bonfiglio worked for Bankers Trust in New York and Milan for eight years, then became a managing director with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and then was co-founder and managing director of Tetragon Partners, a private equity firm.[3]

Stirling Square was co-founded by Bonfiglio in 2002, and has "total committed capital in excess of €1 billion".[4][5]

Personal life

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Bonfiglio was married to jewelry designer Rosa de la Cruz Bonfiglio, the daughter of Carlos de la Cruz, a Cuban-born American businessman and art collector, and they had four sons together.[6][7]

In 2010, Bonfiglio was in a relationship with TV presenter Trinny Woodall.[8][9]

In 2014, Bonfiglio married Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster, daughter of Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster, a US-based Argentine businessman, and they have three sons and a daughter together. She is a former Goldman Sachs banker and the founder of the Walkabout Foundation, of which Bonfiglio is a director.[1][10]

They live in Knightsbridge, London.[11][6] Their wedding was attended by Hillary and Bill Clinton.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stefano Alberto BONFIGLIO". Companies House. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. ^ Stefano Bonfiglio. "Stefano Bonfiglio: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. ^ "LZRFF Company Profile & Executives - Localiza Rent A Car S/A - Wall Street Journal". Quotes.wsj.com. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  4. ^ "A private equity firm which invests across Europe in mid-market companies with an enterprise value of between €50m and €500m, Stirling Square Capital Partners". Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Stirling Square Capital Partners - About Us". Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  6. ^ a b Macon, Alexandra (3 June 2014). "Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster's Wedding in the Dominican Republic". Vogue. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  7. ^ Phillips, Ian (13 February 2008). "Rosa De La Cruz Bonfiglio Decorating With Art". Elledecor.com. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  8. ^ "What Trinny and Susannah did next". Telegraph. 13 July 2010. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Trinny Woodall Stefano Bonfiglio Elephant Stock Photos & Trinny Woodall Stefano Bonfiglio Elephant Stock Images". Alamy.com. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  10. ^ Vilensky, Mike (4 October 2011). "After Accident, a Nonprofit Is Born". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  11. ^ a b Herrmann, Joshi (25 June 2015). "Ex-Goldman Sachs banker Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster: From Goldman's to good works". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 October 2016. Brought up in Greenwich, Connecticut, as the well-connected daughter of a wealthy Argentinian-born energy entrepreneur, Gonzalez-Bunster became a Londoner 10 years ago when she came to the LSE to do a masters. [...] After the LSE she briefly worked for the Clinton Foundation [her father is a director and trustee], then joined Goldman Sachs.