Lawrence Guffey

New York, US

Chief Executive Officer

LG Capital Investors

Biography

Lawrence Guffey is Chief Executive Officer of LG Capital Investors, his own family office, and Managing Partner of Twin Point Capital, the family office's principal investment arm established to manage direct private equity investments on behalf of a select group of family offices and institutions.

Previously, Mr Guffey was a Senior Managing Director at The Blackstone Group where he had senior responsibility for the firm's Media and Communications private equity practice and was a member of the firm's Investment Committee. From 2003 to 2013, Mr Guffey served as one of Blackstone’s Senior Partners in Europe.

Mr. Guffey currently serves on the board of T-Mobile USA Inc., Partners Capital Investment Group, The Paris Review Foundation and is a member of both the Board of Trustees and the Humanities Advisory Board at Rice University. Mr. Guffey graduated magna cum laude from Rice University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Lawrence Guffey’s Newsfeed

07 Mar 2018

Flix Entertainment Completes Equity Investment by Twin Point Capital to Fuel Continued Cinema...

Flix Entertainment LLC, the operator of Flix Brewhouse, the world’s only combination first-run cinema and dine-in microbrewery, has closed an equity investment from Twin Point Capital and existing shareholders to fund its continued growth and development...Twin Point Capital is a principal investment firm founded by Lawrence H. Guffey and Jonathan E. Friesel in 2015 with offices in Palo Alto, CA and New York, NY.

16 Dec 2015

Broadcaster Magazine

Wind Mobile to be Acquired by Shaw Communications

WIND for an enterprise value of approximately $1.6 billion...Mid-Bowline is owned by a consortium of investors, including funds managed by West Face Capital, Globalive Capital, Tennenbaum Capital Partners, the family office of Lawrence Guffey and certain others.

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Lawrence Guffey’s Background

LG Capital Investors

Chief Executive Officer

May 2014 - Present

New York, US

The single family office of Lawrence H. Guffey, former Senior Managing Director and Member of the Investment Committee at The Blackstone Group. Established in 2014 after Mr Guffey’s twenty-two year career at Blackstone, LG Capital Investors and its principal investment arm, Twin Point Capital, maintain offices in New York and California.

The Blackstone Group

Senior Managing Director

Sep 1991 - Jun 2013

New York, US

Blackstone is one of the world's leading investment firms with businesses diversified across a wide spectrum of regions, industries and asset classes. This gives them the expertise and access to resources & critical mass to take advantage of investment opportunities on a global scale.

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Other Business Interests

Partners Capital

Shareholder, Board Member

Nov 2013 - Present

London, UK

An Outsourced Investment Office acting for highly regarded endowments and foundations, senior partners at leading global investment firms and sophisticated ultra-high-net-worth families in Europe, North America and Asia.

T-Mobile USA Inc

Board Member

Apr 2013 - Present

New York, US

Leading mobile telephone operator headquartered in Bonn, Germany. A subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile has 101 million subscribers making it the worlds sixth largest mobile phone service provider globally.

Rice University

Board of Trustees - School of Humanities

May 2011 - Present

Texas, US

A comprehensive research university that fosters diversity and an intellectual environment producing the next generation of leaders and advancing tomorrow’s thinking.

The Paris Review

Board Member

Feb 2006 - Present

New York, US

A literary magazine featuring original writing, art, and in-depth interviews with famous writers.

Wind Mobile

Non-Executive Director

Sep 2014 - Mar 2016

Toronto, CA

A Canadian wireless telecommunications provider, owned by Shaw Communications.

Deutsche Telekom

Member of Supervisory Board

Jun 2006 - Oct 2013

Bonn, DE

A leading integrated telecommunications company providing fixed-network, mobile communications, internet and IPTV products and services for consumers, and ICT solutions for business and corporate customers.

Cineworld Group PLC

Non-Executive Director

Dec 2004 - Nov 2009

London, UK

Founded in 1995, Cineworld Group plc is one of the leading cinema groups in Europe.

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Lawrence Guffey’s Education

Rice University

1987 - 1990