John W. Goense

Mark A. Bounds

Erik W. Bloom

Associate

 

Mark A. Bounds
mab@goensebounds.com

Mark Bounds is a Managing Director of Goense Bounds & Partners, which he co-founded in 2000.

Mr. Bounds has served on the Board of Directors of numerous portfolio companies including Norcraft Industries, Pretium Packaging, Sportcraft, Hollinee, DBL Labs, Barjan Products, Preferred Pipe, L & S Plumbing, Emess Design Group, Stein World, Kirby Lester, Latite Roofing, US Builder Services and Dixie Homecrafters.

Prior to forming Goense Bounds & Partners, Mr. Bounds was a Director at Allstate Private Equity since 1996. From 1995 until joining Allstate Private Equity, Mr. Bounds was the Vice President of Corporate Development for GAF Corporation, the largest roofing company in North America. At GAF, he focused on major strategic issues and acquisitions and developed a strong understanding of the building materials industry. He was a co-founder and Principal of Heller Equity Capital Corporation from 1988 to 1995. The partners of HECC built this buyout group to over 20 leveraged buyout investments by 1995. Before joining HECC, Mr. Bounds was with Heller Financial’s leveraged buyout senior debt lending group from 1985 to 1988. Mr. Bounds graduated with honors with a BA degree in Marketing from the University of Iowa and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Goense Bounds & Partners
272 East Deerpath Road
Suite 300
Lake Forest, IL 60045
847-735-2000 Ph
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