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Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2011
Smith Whiley & Co., a Hartford, Conn., mezzanine lender, backed the deal with a subordinated debt and an equity investment, and senior debt was provided by ...
February, 2011
On February 16, Board of Directors Member Ms. Venita Fields led the General Board’s Chapel Service in recognition of Black History Month. Fields is senior managing director of Smith Whiley & Co.— a private investment firm with offices in Hartford, Connecticut and Evanston, Illinois—and a member of the Sherman United Methodist Church in Evanston.
February, 2011
As part of its Black History Month lecture series, Central Connecticut State University is hosting a panel discussion Thursday with four black women business leaders.
September, 2010
Three prominently successful Chicagoland supporters of entrepreneurship have joined the 17-member award-winning faculty of the Kellogg School of Management’s Levy Entrepreneurship Institute as lecturers of entrepreneurial finance for the upcoming school year 2010-2011.
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September, 2010
On September 15, 2010, the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University honored 11 Chicagoland entrepreneurs for 10 years or more of volunteer service to the Larry & Carol Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice. Each year, the Levy Institute invites accomplished entrepreneurs into the classroom for students to learn essential entrepreneurship practices from top-rising executives.
June 10, 2010
“Got Liquidity” George Thompson, Associate discusses Value Defined, Value Delivered to an attendee at the ACG’s Capital Connection Growth Conference 2010.
April 29, 2010
Investment Executive Gwendolyn Smith Iloani was born in Jamaica. Iloani came to the United States with her family at the age of six. Her family moved to Brooklyn, New York. Iloani received her B.A. degree in sociology from Colgate University and her M.B.A. from the University of Hartford.
January 8, 2010
What does it take to be named one of Black Enterprise’s 75 Most Powerful Women in Business? To identify our senior corporate executives and leading entrepreneurs—women responsible for developing product lines, positioning brands, operating core business areas, generating revenues, and...
Here's How the TeacherDollars™ Program Will Work in Hartford for the 2009/2010 ... Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (NINA); Smith Whiley & Co. ...
Smith Whiley & Company, a middle market mezzanine fund, is in the midst of raising its ... The firm, based in Hartford, Conn., with an outpost in Chicago, ...
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November 3, 2009
The M&A Advisor, a publication dedicated to middle market merger and acquisition activity recently announced the finalists for the 8th Annual M&A Advisor Awards.
Smith Whiley & Company’s portfolio company, Spencer N. Enterprises, is a finalist in two categories: Consumer and Retail Products and Lower Middle Market Deal of the Year for the Firm’s investment in Spencer N. Enterprises. The award winners will be announced at a black tie dinner on Monday, December 14, 2009 in New York City.
Gwendolyn Smith Iloani, President and CEO, Smith Whiley & Company
Hartford Business Journal, November 2, 2009
Call Gwendolyn Smith Iloani a role model and she won't flinch.
The founding president and CEO of Smith Whiley & Company in Hartford embraces the responsibilities that come with being the leader of one of the largest minority women-owned private equity firms in the United States.
"Smith Whiley supports this event because it is important for women to become financially savvy. Women need to be armed with financial skills and knowledge so that they are able to make smart money choices and handle themselves in an increasingly complex world. I view the Money Conference as economic self-defense for Women."
Gwendolyn Smith Iloani, Chairman, Smith Whiley & Company.
www.prweb.com, August 26, 2009
Ancor and 21st Century Group also announced that veteran mezzanine funds Capital Point Partners, Parkway Capital Investors and Smith Whiley & Company...
By BlackEnterprise.com, May 13, 2009
Smith Whiley & Company, founded in 1994 by Gwendolyn Smith Iloani, is the nation's second largest minority, and woman-owned private equity firm. The Company focuses on later stage investments and expansion financing in healthcare, industrial, consumer, technology industries, communications as well a the food and beverage industries.
Chicago Tribune, April 8, 2009
But another panelist, Venita Fields of Smith Whiley & Company, wondered whether the panel was interpreting the question correctly, or whether they should address minorities' outlook in the private-equity industry.
By Niki Butler Mitchell
Gwendolyn Smith Iloani, CEO and founder of Smith Whiley, couldn't be happier with Fields's work or the accolades and attention she and her team have brought to the company.
www.hartfordbusiness.com, March 4, 2009
Iloani was recently named one of the "75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street" and one of the "50 Most Powerful Black Women in Business" by Black Enterprise Magazine.
Spring 2009
On February 7th the Urban League of Greater Hartford celebrated Black History month by honoring members of our community who have made a difference in our community. The Premier Sponsor for this spectacular evening was Smith Whiley & Company, represented by Princess Sally Smith, President and CEO, Smith Whiley & Company Foundation, Corey Smith and Gwendolyn Smith Iloani, President and CEO of the company and Urban League Board Member.
Crisis and Opportunity
Smith Iloani says banks may become reluctant to finance private equity deals.
forexdaily.org.ru, May 5, 2008
"For us, the environment has never been better," said Colette Nakhoul, Managing Director of mezzanine outfit Smith Whiley & Company, which is seeking to raise at least $250 million for SW Pelham Fund III. "Demand is up, return expectations are up and lending standards are more rational."
January 24, 2008
Gwendolyn Smith Iloani, Chairwoman, President, & CEO, Smith Whiley & Company Smith Iloani's private equity firm is the fourth-largest black-owned private equity firm, with $222 million under management.
- By Taylor Mallory, December 2007
When April Anthony's silent partner wanted out of her business, she went searching for a private equity investor for her $35 million company, Encompass Home Health, based in Dallas. "We crafted a deal with Apax Partners Worldwide in July 2004 where I own 20 percent, they own 70 percent and shareholders hold the remaining 10 percent," Anthony says. "They've helped us grow to $125 million."
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