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John R. Woodard
John is a Vestar Managing Director, in charge of the Diversified Industries group.
He began his career in The First Boston Corporation's Management Buyout Group, where he worked with the team that would go on to form Vestar. In 1988, he left to join Wesray Capital Corporation, whose principals provided Vestar's initial seed capital. Two years later, John joined Vestar as a Vice President. He later spent two years as a Managing Director in the private equity practice at The Blackstone Group, but returned to Vestar in 1998 as a Managing Director in the Denver office.
John earned his BA in Economics, with honors, from Williams College. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, he now lives in Denver with his wife and three sons.