Podcasts Business Investing Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry Innovation in Private Markets 2: Mark Johnson New Leaders in Private Equity at Astra (Capital Allocators, EP.193)

Innovation in Private Markets 2: Mark Johnson New Leaders in Private Equity at Astra (Capital Allocators, EP.193)

Published: May 6, 2021, 9:30 a.m.

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Mark Johnson is the Managing Partner of Astra Capital Management, a mid-market growth buyout firm specializing in the communications and technology services sectors. Mark co-founded Astra after twenty years of experience investing at JH Whitney, Blackstone, and Carlyle. He partnered with seasoned deal and operating executives and brought the best practices from large shops to Astra with an entrepreneurial lens to address a focused strategy in a new way.
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Our conversation covers Mark\\u2019s unusually planned life path, lessons from industry giants, and the formation of Astra with a utopian ideal in mind.\\xa0 We discuss the Astra team, thematic sourcing, financial creativity, deal dynamics, value creation within portfolio companies, factors of long-term success, co-investments, and club deals.
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