7 companies owned by top private equity veteran Ray Whiteman
Billionaires Africa | 06.04.2026 15:07
Ray Whiteman did not arrive at private equity through a single dramatic pivot. He built toward it, institution by institution, role by role. He started at Citicorp and The Chase Manhattan Bank before moving to Credit Lyonnais, where he served as vice president and group head in the Leveraged Finance Department. That grounding in how industrial companies borrowed, restructured and survived turned out to be exactly the right foundation.
