Elliot Maluth

Elliot is a Managing Director based in H.I.G.’s San Francisco office. He is responsible for all key aspects of the private investment transaction process including deal origination, transaction structuring and negotiating, and post-closing portfolio company oversight. Elliot is focused on building H.I.G.’s portfolio of investments in the western U.S. in business services, specialty manufacturing and consumer goods and services.

Elliot brings 20 years of professional business experience to H.I.G., with over a decade of tenure in the private investment business, as well as substantial experience in management consulting and sales management.

Prior to H.I.G., he was a Partner with the private equity firm Behrman Capital. Before that, he was an Associate at Golder Thoma Cressey Rauner (GTCR), a private equity firm in Chicago. At both firms, Elliot was responsible for sourcing, negotiating and closing buyouts and recapitalizations of privately held companies, and overseeing investments post-closing. Earlier in his career, he was a Manager in the Strategic Consulting Group of Price Waterhouse and a Sales Manager in the Beverage Division of Procter & Gamble.

Elliot earned a B.B.A. from the University of Washington and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.