Conner is the Founder and Managing Partner of Trive Capital, responsible for overseeing all facets of the firm’s investment activities, including managing 6 investment strategies with aggregate assets under management exceeding $7 billion. Conner sits on the Board of most of Trive’s portfolio companies. Over his private equity career, Conner has completed over 60 platform investments across more than a dozen industry sectors, representing over $10 billion in revenue.

Prior to founding Trive Capital, Conner was a Partner at Insight Equity, a firm he joined at inception. Conner has also worked at Stonegate, a middle market buyout firm focused on the building products industry, and Bain & Company where he focused on turnaround management, business strategy and merger integration consulting.

Conner received his MBA from the Harvard Business School and graduated with a
B.A. from Vanderbilt University in three years.
Conner has three terrific children and serves numerous civic and philanthropic causes including children’s health, education and the arts.