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Mr. Graff joined American Capital in July 2001 as a Principal in the New York office and was promoted to Managing Director in 2004. Prior to joining American Capital Mr. Graff was a Principal with Odyssey Investment Partners a $760 million private equity fund specializing in leveraged buy-outs and growth financings for middle-market companies. Prior to Odyssey Mr. Graff was a Senior Vice President of GE Equity where he was responsible for direct equity investments in the form of LBOs LBUs and growth financings. Prior to GE Mr. Graff was a Director of Mergers & Acquisitions at Automatic Data Processing Inc.
He started his career with Coopers & Lybrand spending six years in various corporate finance and business assurance positions that focused on middle-market companies and where he worked as a Certified Public Accountant.
Mr. Graff holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from the State University of New York at Binghamton an M.B.A. from NYU's Stern School of Business.
Mr. Graff has served as Senior Vice President of the Company since 2004 and as Regional Managing Director of the Company since 2005. From 2004 to 2005 he was also a Managing Director of the Company. Mr. Graff served as a Vice President and Principal of the Company from 2001 to 2004. From 2000 to 2001 he was a Principal of Odyssey Investments Partners a private equity fund. | 