Our guest for this week’s episode of M&A Masters is Scott MacLaren, Partner of The Sterling Group in Houston. The Sterling Group is a private equity firm, one of the oldest in the country, and currently has $4 billion of assets under management. 

Scott did not start off in private equity – he studied at the United States Military Academy at West Point, started business school after serving in the Army, and then finally found his private equity calling after working as a consultant. He started recruiting heavily for the middle market, and has now been with Sterling for seven years making investments in the industrial sector. 

We chat with Scott about his path to The Sterling Group, as well as: 

• The competition of the private equity market
• Establishing longevity in a growing industry
• Finding excitement in investing in “unsexy” markets
• Simplifying life-changing events
• The predictions for industrial markets and partners after the pandemic
• And more