William McNichols
Managing Partner @ Goldfinch Partners
About
Passionate and committed investor and company builder at Goldfinch Partners which I co-founded in late 2018 after 20 years in banking, private equity and between 2011-2018 building and running global corporate and business development at Starbucks.
United States
Seattle
Financial Services
Strategy, Leadership, Retail, Cross-functional Team Leadership, P&L Management, P&L, Strategic Planning, Management, Business Development, Sales, Competitive Analysis, Marketing
Experience
Managing Partner
Goldfinch Partners
Greater Seattle Area
Chairman of the Board
Convera
Board Member
Vesta
Board Member
Catalant
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development & Business Alliances
Starbucks
Greater Seattle Area
I built and led global business development, M&A and investment activities on an end-to-end basis. After joining Starbucks in 2011, I built the function from scratch to a team of thirteen dedicated professionals plus support functions. Over that period, we completed in excess of 40 transactions, including over $11 billion in M&A and investment activities. Notable transactions include the $876 million buy-in, via double tender, of publicly traded Starbucks Japan (JASDAQ), the $1.4 billion acquisition of 50% of Starbucks East China JV from two partners, the $620 million acquisition of Teavana and the $7.25 billion sale / licensing partnership of Starbucks global packaged goods business (excluding ready to drink assets) to Nestle. Notable investment and commercial transactions include the at-home-coffee license relationship with Keurig Green Mountain, the investment in and commercial partnership with Square, the payments relationships with Chase, Visa, Alibaba and Tencent, and the ready-to-drink partnerships with Tingyi-Asahi Beverage and Anheuser Busch.
Vice President, Corporate Development
Starbucks Coffee Company
Similar role, but without the responsibility for global business development which I took on in 2013.
Director
Vulcan Capital
I was recruited to restructure Paul Allen’s multi-billion distressed private equity portfolio and craft a prudent capital deployment strategy. While at Vulcan, I negotiated and executed all aspects of private equity investments with a focus on the media, wireless infrastructure and education sectors. I served on multiple boards and helped create long-term strategic plans. By the end of my tenure at Vulcan, I was one of two senior professionals responsible for a multibillion portfolio (including DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks Studios, Oxygen Media, the Sporting News, and TowerCo) which generated over $2.1 billion in aggregate equity gain across nine investments. While at Vulcan I also served as our group’s COO and had responsibility for all of our incentive plans. I was promoted twice during my time at Vulcan.
Analyst & Associate
Gleacher & Company Inc
New York, NY
Investment and merchant banking
Education
Harvard Business School
HBS does not have majors but I focused on finance and investing
attended 2000-2002. At HBS I focused on investments and finance. When I graduated, I returned to Gleacher & Co in NY.
Colgate University
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
attended 1993-1997; graduated with high honors. Played collegiate water polo.
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