Co-founded Crestview in 2004, following an 18-year career in the private equity business at Goldman Sachs. Responsible for over $6 billion of private equity investments from 1989 to 2011, including substantial investments in over 40 companies, at Goldman and Crestview. Specializes in complex and contrarian investment themes arising out of major dislocations or restructurings. Notable investments include Goldman's acquisitions of USG, Rockefeller Center, Messer Greisheim and Kabel Deutschland; and Crestview's investments in Charter, Lancashire and Oxbow.

Mr. Volpert retired from Goldman Sachs in 2003 where he was head of the Merchant Banking Division in Europe; co-COO of the Principal Investment Area worldwide; and a director of Goldman Sachs International. Among his responsibilities at the firm, Mr. Volpert led Goldman's European private equity business; initiated and led Goldman's investment efforts in distressed companies and real estate; conceived and established Goldman's mezzanine fund business; and started the firm's private equity business in Japan. Mr. Volpert currently serves as a director of Key Safety Systems, Oxbow and ValueOptions. Mr. Volpert received a JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review. He received an MBA, with high distinction, from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar. Mr. Volpert received an A.B. from Amherst College, summa cum laude, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. From 1981 to 1982, he was a Luce Scholar in Singapore working for the Straits Times. Mr. Volpert is a member of the Dean's Advisory Board at Harvard Law School, a director of the Private Equity and Growth Capital Council and an elected council member of the Sagaponack Village Erosion Control District.