Claire Gruppo is an experienced investment banking executive serving as senior managing director with TerraNova Capital Partners in New York City. At the firm, Claire Gruppo is head of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), a role in which she originates and closes transactions. She also recruits investment bankers and structures their compensation packages.
Prior to her current role, Claire Gruppo was CEO and managing director of GLC Partners, which she co-founded. She led the company from 1992 to 2017, when it merged with TerraNova Capital Partners. In her 25 years at the helm of GLC Partners, Claire Gruppo grew it from a boutique investment bank serving the direct marketing industry to a diversified investment company with services such as venture capital, private equity, securities brokerage, organizational restructuring, and infrastructure project financing.
With GLC Partners, Claire Gruppo won and closed hundreds of M&A transactions worth billions of dollars and was named a “Mover and Shaker” by The Daily Deal. She further successfully led GLC Partners to being certified as a woman-owned business (WEBENC), one of just five businesses in investment banking to receive that designation.
An alumna of Wesleyan University, Mrs. Gruppo is a renowned M&A industry expert. She has published articles on the topic, speaks at industry conferences, and frequently appears on Fox Business and CNBC to comment on M&A trends. Before joining the investment banking industry, Mrs. Gruppo enjoyed a successful career in magazine publishing. She held executive roles with American Express Publishing, Diversion Communications, and Savvy Magazine.