Burke Smith
Managing Director
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Burke brings to Capstone Partners over 20 years of experience as an advisor to or leader of middle market companies, including several asset-based trucking and warehousing operations. Over his career as an M&A advisor, Burke has executed more than 45 transactions with a combined value in excess of $40 billion.
Burke began his career working on Wall Street. He initially trained at Wasserstein Perella & Co., where he worked directly for famed M&A banker Bruce Wasserstein. Burke then joined Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) as an early member of the firm’s Exclusive Sales Group, which became one of the most successful middle market sell-side advisory practices on Wall Street. Following the acquisition of DLJ by Credit Suisse, Burke joined UBS as an Executive Director in the mergers and acquisitions group.
