Kent P. Dauten

Managing Director

Kent P. Dauten co-founded Keystone Capital in 1994 and serves as a Managing Director of the firm. As part of Keystone, Kent served as the C.E.O. and President of the firm’s first portfolio company, Record Masters, building it into the nation’s leading health care records management company. After the merger of this business into Iron Mountain, he served as the President of their Health Care Division. Kent’s previous experience includes fifteen years with First Chicago Venture Capital and its spin-off Madison Dearborn Partners, Inc., a multi-billion dollar private equity firm which he also co-founded.

With these firms he completed investments in 28 companies in various industries, including food processing, health care services and industrial manufacturing.

Outside Board Representation
Iron Mountain, Inc. (NYSE: IRM), Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE: HMA).

Also a board member of Northwestern Memorial Foundation and a trustee of the Museum of Science and Industry. Formerly Vice Chairman of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies Board of Governors.

Education
Harvard University; MBA, 1979
Dartmouth College; BA, 1977


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“KEYSTONE HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH TO THE INVESTMENT BUSINESS OF USING ITS OWN CAPITAL, TAKING A LONG TERM VIEW OF BUILDING THE BUSINESS AND SUPPORTING THE OPERATIONS, EVEN WHEN THE RETURN ON ITS INVESTMENT COULD BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED.”

- LARRY RICHMAN, CEO, THE PRIVATE BANK

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