WestCap Welcomes Michael Sotirhos as Head of Capital Formation and Strategy To Drive Global Growth
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WestCap, a strategic operating and investing firm, is pleased to announce that Michael Sotirhos has joined the firm as the Head of Capital Formation and Strategy, a newly created role. Previously, Sotirhos was a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone in the Institutional Client Solutions Group, covering Blackstone's $300B various Private Equity, Growth and Tactical Opportunities businesses. In this new role, Sotirhos rejoins WestCap's Managing Partner and Founder, Laurence A. Tosi, formerly Senior Managing Director, CFO and Management Committee member at Blackstone. Sotirhos and Tosi worked together for several years at Blackstone and, prior to that, at Merrill Lynch. At WestCap, Sotirhos will lead and further institutionalize WestCap's Investor Relations team and co-investment process, broadening the firm's global investor base and driving expansion into new markets across Europe, Middle East and Australasia. He will be responsible for new product development, including working with WestCap's portfolio companies to distribute their products and services, and will also join WestCap's five person Management Committee.
- Previously, Sotirhos was a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone in the Institutional Client Solutions Group, covering Blackstone's $300B various Private Equity, Growth and Tactical Opportunities businesses.
- In this new role, Sotirhos rejoins WestCap's Managing Partner and Founder, Laurence A. Tosi, formerly Senior Managing Director, CFO and Management Committee member at Blackstone.
- Sotirhos and Tosi worked together for several years at Blackstone and, prior to that, at Merrill Lynch.
- Prior to Blackstone, Sotirhos was a Partner at Atlantic Pacific Capital, Inc., a placement firm focused on raising Private Equity, Real Estate and Hedge Fund capital from institutional investors worldwide.