Lynn Tilton
Lynn Tilton is Chief Executive Officer and Principal of Patriarch Partners, LLC,
a private equity firm and holding company managing 74 companies with annual revenues of more than $8 billion. Ms. Tilton's is a passionate proponent of saving American manufacturing jobs by saving American companies.  Since 2000, she has bought more than 150 companies, many of which were on  the brink of closure or liquidation, and in so doing has saved over 250,000 jobs.  Tilton's portfolio includes Dura Automotive, Global Automotive Systems,  American LaFrance, MD Helicopters, Rand McNally, Spiegel Catalogs and Stila Cosmetics.
In 2009, she was honored with the Turnaround Atlas Leadership Achievement Award for her work in distressed investing, in 2010, Automotive News named her one of the 100 Leading  Women in  the Automotive Industry, and in 2011, Ms. Tilton was inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation Hall of Fame when she was named Entrepreneur of the Year, the first female in history to receive such distinction. Under Ms. Tilton's leadership, Patriarch has become the largest woman-owned business in America with over 120,000 employees. 

Ms. Tilton earned a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University.

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