Herbert Winokur, Jr.
International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Experience
Herbert Winokur, Jr. has served as the chairman and chief executive officer of the private equity investment firm Capricorn Holdings, Inc., since 1987. He is also managing general partner of three affiliated partnerships, Capricorn Investors, L.P., Capricorn Investors II, L.P. and Capricorn Investors III, L.P. From 1973 to 1987, he served as senior executive vice president of the Penn Central Corporation and held senior management positions at Pacific Holding Corporation, Victor Palmieri and Company, and Pennsylvania Company.
From 1969 to the early 1970's, he was co-founder and chairman of ICF Inc., a management consulting and investment firm specializing in policy planning for senior government and business officials and concentrating on socially oriented investments. An active participant in both nonprofit and for-profit organizations, Mr. Winokur is an honorary director of the UCLA Medical Center, a former trustee of Greenwich Academy, and a former co-chair of the New York Historical Society. He currently serves on the boards of Second Stage Theatre, JSTOR and the National Humanities Center, and has been a director of a number of public corporations.
Mr. Winokur served as a fellow of the Harvard Corporation and on the Board of Harvard Management Company. He also was a member of the New York Major Gifts Committee, the former Committee on University Resources Executive Committee, and former FAS Planning Committee on Technology and Education.
Mr. Winokur and his wife Dee currently reside in Greenwich, CT.
