Sept. 7, 2010 — Glenn Gottfried Joins GENTRY as COO

Glenn Gottfried, former CEO of CCS-Adplus, LLC and former president of Thomson TFP (a former Thomson Reuters division) joined Gentry Private Capital LLC as its COO.

Mr. Gottfried is responsible for supporting all GENTRY clients with the experience and connections he brings from leading privately and publicly held companies and their divisions through growth, acquisition and monetization events. Glenn is involved in all aspects of the GENTRY business and leads the Mergers and Acquisition and Business Advisory Services division of the company. As an M&A and advisory specialist, he works closely with GENTRY clients to help define their business goals, develops an execution plan and then implements or supports the implementation of the plan.

Larry Aschebrook, president of GENTRY stated: “I had the opportunity to work with Glenn on several deals and was impressed with his business acumen and insight. Coupled with his execution skills, as most recently proven by the sale of the company to a publicly traded company, I knew I wanted him on the GENTRY team. Glenn will provide our clients with exceptional and innovative solutions to the issues they face, whether an M&A issue, a capital structure issue or one involving how to organically grow their company, given their current market position.”
Mr. Gottfried will be based out of the GENTRY Chicago office.