Stefano Bonfiglio

Stefano Alberto Bonfiglio (born February 1964) is an Italian businessman, the co-founder and managing partner of Stirling Square Capital Partners, a London-based private equity firm that invests in companies valued between €50 million and €500 million.

Stefano Bonfiglio
Born	Stefano Alberto Bonfiglio February 1964 (age 56)
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	Georgetown University University of Pennsylvania Wharton Business School
Occupation	private equity manager
Known for	Founder and partner, Stirling Square Capital Partners
Board member of	Stirling Square Capital Partners Walkabout Foundation
Spouse(s)	Rosa de la Cruz Bonfiglio Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster
Children	6
Relatives	Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster (father-in-law) Carlos de la Cruz (ex-father-in-law)

Early life

Stefano Alberto Bonfiglio was born in Italy in February 1964.[1] He has a bachelor's degree in International Economics from Georgetown University, a master's degree in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the Wharton Business School.[2]

Career

Bonfiglio worked for Bankers Trust in New York and Milan for eight years, then became a managing director with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and then was co-founder and managing director of Tetragon Partners, a private equity firm.[3]

Stirling Square was co-founded by Bonfiglio in 2002, and has "total committed capital in excess of €1 billion".[4][5]

Personal life

Bonfiglio was married to jewelry designer Rosa de la Cruz Bonfiglio, the daughter of Carlos de la Cruz, a Cuban-born American businessman and art collector, and they had four sons together.[6][7]

In 2010, Bonfiglio was in a relationship with TV presenter Trinny Woodall.[8][9]

In 2014, Bonfiglio married Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster, daughter of Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster, a US-based Argentine businessman, and they have a son and a daughter together. She is a former Goldman Sachs banker and the founder of the Walkabout Foundation, of which Bonfiglio is a director.[1][10]

They live in Knightsbridge, London.[11][6] Their wedding was attended by Hillary and Bill Clinton.[11]

References

1. "Stefano Alberto BONFIGLIO". Companies House. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
2. Stefano Bonfiglio. "Stefano Bonfiglio: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
3. "LZRFF Company Profile & Executives - Localiza Rent A Car S/A - Wall Street Journal". Quotes.wsj.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
4. "A private equity firm which invests across Europe in mid-market companies with an enterprise value of between €50m and €500m, Stirling Square Capital Partners". Retrieved 19 October 2016.
5. "Stirling Square Capital Partners - About Us". Retrieved 19 October 2016.
6. Macon, Alexandra (June 3, 2014). "Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster's Wedding in the Dominican Republic". Vogue. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
7. Phillips, Ian (2008-02-13). "Rosa De La Cruz Bonfiglio Decorating With Art". Elledecor.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
8. "What Trinny and Susannah did next". Telegraph. 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
9. "Trinny Woodall Stefano Bonfiglio Elephant Stock Photos & Trinny Woodall Stefano Bonfiglio Elephant Stock Images". Alamy.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
10. Vilensky, Mike (October 4, 2011). "After Accident, a Nonprofit Is Born". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
11. Herrmann, Joshi (June 25, 2015). "Ex-Goldman Sachs banker Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster: From Goldman's to good works". London Evening Standard. Retrieved October 19, 2016. Brought up in Greenwich, Connecticut, as the well-connected daughter of a wealthy Argentinian-born energy entrepreneur, Gonzalez-Bunster became a Londoner 10 years ago when she came to the LSE to do a masters. [...] After the LSE she briefly worked for the Clinton Foundation [her father is a director and trustee], then joined Goldman Sachs.