Jeremiah Wanzell
Background
U.S. Army Paratrooper · Veteran
Retail Buyer · Bloomingdale's
Wholesale & Omnichannel GTM
DTC Brand Scaling
PE Portfolio Operations
Competencies
Private Equity · Value Creation
Commercial Due Diligence
M&A Origination & Advisory
EBITDA Expansion Strategy
Deal Sourcing · DealReveal™
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Jeremiah Wanzell
Operating Partner · Consumer Products M&A

As a former U.S. Army Reserve Paratrooper, Jeremiah learned that preparation is what makes decisive action possible. You deliberate on the ground — and when it's time to jump, you jump. That same instinct drives every engagement: rigorous diligence before the IOI, full operating commitment after it. An Indiana University Kelley School of Business graduate, he took that discipline to the buy side — as a retail buyer at Bloomingdale's — before crossing to wholesale and, ultimately, to PE operating partnership. That full-cycle fluency — brand, retail, and capital — is rare. Most operators know one side of the table. Jeremiah knows all of them, which is what makes commercial diligence sharper and post-close value creation faster.

Over 20+ years, that playbook has been tested at three of the world's most demanding consumer brands. At Calvin Klein, reversed a post-$2.9B acquisition sales decline and drove EBITDA to $40M. At Hugo Boss AG, transformed a declining footwear division into a top-10 national brand at 32% CAGR. At PE-backed Mack Weldon, built a wholesale GTM from zero — delivering +147% bookings growth in the first 90 days. Each engagement produced measurable IRR impact across the hold period.

Most recently, Jeremiah originated the Capezio × Argand Partners acquisition — recognized as Deal of the Year — validating a core thesis: the highest-MOIC opportunities in consumer products are found before they go to market, and captured by operators who can run the business post-close. DealReveal™ was built to systematize that origination model at scale.

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