LFE Capital | 60 South Sixth Street, Suite 2320, Minneapolis, MN 55402 | Phone: 612-752-1809 | Fax: 612-752-1800 | lfrecon@lfecapital.com
Leslie Frécon is the founder and CEO of LFE Capital, a private equity investment firm with two funds investing in companies with $5 million to $75 million in annual revenues, and a member of five corporate boards, including M.A. Gedney Company and the Ryland Group. Her company is especially well-known for having emphasized investing in woman-owned companies.
Born:
Minneapolis
Spouse: Alain Frécon
Children:
Laurent and Alex
Education:
BA with distinction in English,
Stanford
University,
Stanford, CA
and MBA in Finance, UCLA Graduate School of Management, Los
Angeles, CA
Career History: Founder, chairman and CEO, LFE Capital (a private equity investment management firm that provides growth capital for smaller middle market businesses), 1999-present. Senior vice president, corporate finance; vice president, director of financial operations, Sperry Division; controller, Foodservice Division; director of corporate growth, General Mills, 1981-1998. Assistant vice president, Corporate Lending, Bank of America, 1978-1981.
Activities: Director, chair of audit committee, The Ryland Group, Inc; director, chair of the board, M.A. Gedney; director, chair of audit committee, API Outsourcing; director, Avant Healthcare; director, chair of audit committee, Associated Packaging Technologies; advisory board member for Center for Women’s Business Research and WomenVenture; member, Women Presidents Organization and Minnesota Women’s Economic Roundtable; director, treasurer, executive committee member of the Greater Twin Cities United Way.
Awards: Outstanding Director, Twin Cities Business; Most Innovative Women, The Business Journal; Top Women in Finance, Finance and Commerce.
Key Achievements: “Featured in a New York Times article about women on boards and has been profiled in numerous other business magazines and newspapers, mainly for work on boards and working with women-owned businesses.”
