Experienced Transaction Leader Expands Angeles’ Capabilities

Angeles Equity Partners, LLC (“Angeles”), a private investment firm that partners with niche manufacturing, critical industrial services, and specialty distribution businesses to realize their full potential, announced that Trent Ketterer has joined the firm as a vice president on the investment team. In this role, he will focus on evaluating, executing, and managing investments across the industrials sector.

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Angeles Equity Partners Vice President Trent Ketterer

Angeles focuses on revitalizing underperforming industrial businesses with a consistent approach to operational transformation and strategic repositioning. Ketterer brings extensive middle-market industrials private equity experience, further strengthening Angeles’ sector-focused investment capabilities.

“Trent is an accomplished leader with deep investment experience and sector knowledge that will bolster our capabilities,” said Tim Meyer and Jordan Katz, co-founders and managing partners of Angeles Equity Partners. “We’re thrilled to welcome him as we continue to grow our firm with top industry talent.”

Before joining Angeles, Trent was an investment professional at Sun Capital Partners in Los Angeles, where he was primarily responsible for deal evaluation and execution and overseeing portfolio companies. Prior to Sun Capital Partners, he served as a Research Analyst with Spitfire Capital, a value-oriented, concentrated hedge fund, where he was responsible for investment sourcing and research across a variety of industries. Trent began his career in the Investment Banking Division of Wells Fargo Securities.

Trent earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Southern California and his M.B.A., with Honors, from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is a CFA^® charterholder.

“I am excited to join the exceptional team at Angeles. I look forward to partnering with my colleagues to identify, acquire, and grow outstanding companies in the industrials sector,” Ketterer added.

About Angeles Equity Partners, LLC

Angeles Equity Partners, LLC is a Los Angeles-based specialist private investment firm that partners with niche manufacturing, critical industrial services, and specialty distribution businesses to realize their full potential. Angeles’ deep expertise in operational transformation and strategic repositioning drives the firm’s investment philosophy. Learn more online at www.angelesequity.com.

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Trent is an accomplished transaction leader with deep investment experience and sector knowledge that will bolster our sector-focused investment capabilities.