Ken Wasik

Background

About Ken Wasik

Kenneth is a Managing Director at Capstone Headwaters and leads the efforts in the Consumer, Food and Retail industries as well as overseeing the Investment Bank alongside Paul Jansen. He brings over 30 years of experience in investment banking spanning cross-border deals, M&A advisory work for public and private companies, IPOs, Debt Capital raises, Growth Capital, Private Equity and ESOPs. Clients have included Gillette, Kate Spade, L’Oreal, Pepsi, Pure Barre, Viking, Polaris and Snapple. Prior to Stephens, Kenneth was with Jefferies and Co. as Managing Director of Consumer Products. There he established and built out the Consumer Products industry coverage group. Before Jefferies and Co, he was Head of the Consumer, Food and Retail Group at Houlihan, Lokey, Howard, and Zukin, and was responsible for building out Houlihan’s consumer and retail coverage universe, as well. Kenneth began his career in Investing Banking at Merrill Lynch in New York, NY, where he primarily supported coverage and execution of large packaged goods companies.