A principal-led private investment and advisory platform built around curated access to alternative investments, trusted relationships, and long-term partnerships.
We work with select families, founders, operators, and capital partners to evaluate, structure, and support private investment opportunities where alignment, judgment, and execution matter.
Private market work where judgment and alignment matter.
Lumen Ridge Group provides ongoing advisory support to single-family office clients, including investment review, relationship development, strategic introductions, portfolio company value creation initiatives, and evaluation of select private investment opportunities.
Our approach is discreet, practical, and aligned with families seeking thoughtful exposure to private markets without unnecessary complexity.
We invest as a principal in select opportunities where we have conviction in the operator, alignment of interests, transaction structure, and the opportunity to create durable long-term value.
We partner with entrepreneurs and operators building durable businesses that can benefit from strategic capital, advisory support, relationship development, and practical executive-level guidance.
Lumen Ridge Group serves as an extension of the leadership team, providing outsourced C-suite support across growth strategy, capital planning, strategic partnerships, operational priorities, and execution.
We seek to work with operators who demonstrate integrity, domain expertise, sound judgment, and the ability to execute.
With a background spanning private equity, real estate development, entrepreneurship, and financial services, John has a broad background in multiple facets of business. John has spent over two decades in finance and risk management, including private equity, commercial banking, and insurance. He has also served as an investor, operator, and board member to numerous private companies and real estate investments. John is currently the founder of Lumen Ridge Group. John holds a Master of Business Administration from the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He is an industry thought leader in the business acquisition space, has been featured on numerous podcasts, and is a mentor in the Searchfunder and Entrepreneurship through Acquisition communities. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and children while fishing and skiing in the Rockies.
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