Angeles Equity Partners, LLC (“Angeles”), a private investment firm that partners with niche manufacturing, critical industrial services, and specialty distribution businesses in order to realize their full potential, announced that Chris Huetsch has joined the firm as a principal 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 Principal Chris Huetsch

Angeles focuses on optimizing the performance of industrial businesses with a consistent approach to operational transformation and strategic repositioning. Huetsch expands Angeles’ capabilities and brings extensive private equity experience in industrials, focused on growth and value creation in middle-market businesses, further strengthening Angeles’ sector-focused investment capabilities.

"We welcome Chris to our investment team. His experience across transaction execution, management team partnership, and operational improvement within manufacturing and critical service businesses aligns squarely with our value creation mission,” said Tim Meyer and Jordan Katz, co-founders and managing partners of Angeles Equity Partners. “His strategic insight and investment acumen will be a meaningful asset to our firm and portfolio."

Before joining Angeles, Huetsch was an industrial-focused investment principal at Arsenal Capital Partners in New York, where he was primarily responsible for deal evaluation and execution. Prior to Arsenal, he served as an investment analyst with D1 Capital Partners, a principal in the private equity group at KKR, and began his career in investment banking at J.P. Morgan. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a Finance and Banking concentration from the University of Missouri Trulaske College of Business.

"I am excited to join Angeles Equity Partners and contribute to its track record of transforming industrial businesses. I look forward to working closely with the firm and its portfolio companies to identify and grow manufacturing and critical service businesses — drawing on my experience partnering with executive teams and operating partners in an effort to accelerate growth, improve performance, and create lasting enterprise value," Huetsch 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 in order to realize their full potential. Angeles’ expertise in operational transformation and strategic repositioning drives the firm’s investment philosophy. Learn more online at www.angelesequity.com.

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We welcome Chris to our investment team. His experience across transaction execution, management team partnership, and operational improvement within manufacturing and critical service businesses aligns squarely with our value creation mission.