Growing up in the Cottonwood area, Ryan VanWagenen always loved to play basketball.
Lucky for Ryan his closest three friends enjoyed playing as well. It was not uncommon for them to play up to 6
hours a day, especially on the weekends.
This hard work paid off well as these four best friends ended up playing
on the high school varsity team, with two of them continuing to play Division 2
basketball. The experience taught the
four hard work and dedication. Without
all the hours and repetitions put into practicing, none of them could have even
played in high school. The four would
also watch just about every Jazz basketball game together growing up and Karl
Malone and John Stockton were motivation to become the best that they could
become.
Above is one of the coolest set of dunks. Two Adreian Payne Dunks Thrown Down #SCTop10
Ryan Van Wagenen feels that the hard work
children put into sports often pays off later in life when it comes time for
career. When you spend the time to work
hard and do whatever it takes to succeed, typically failure is not an option. So when you graduate college and begin
working and pushing through a career not knowing much about what you are doing,
memories of pushing to accomplish something on the court can help push you to
succeed. Good friends and hard work from
an early age make the world of difference and give the confidence that is needed
to succeed later in life!
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| Ryan Van Wagenen Global Private Equity |
Van Wagenen has
been with GPE since 2009 and for six years has held the position of director. In this position, he oversees the origination process and leads the team in deal assessment, modeling, diligence and transaction negotiation. Ryan also leads execution and manages the transaction process, structuring and negotiation of the detailed terms of the investment opportunity.