Vince Thao Promoted to Senior Associate
MINNETONKA, MN (December 18, 2024) — Tonka Bay Equity Partners announced today that Vince Thao has been promoted to Senior Associate at the firm.
Thao joined Tonka Bay in 2022. In his role at Tonka Bay, Thao is responsible for transaction diligence, structuring, and portfolio governance. Thao works closely with several existing partner companies, including Corporate Technologies, Fenix, Image AV, Professional Credit, and Standard Locknut, to execute strategic growth initiatives.
“Vince has demonstrated exceptional commitment and expertise since joining Tonka Bay,” says Steve Soderling, Partner at Tonka Bay. “His promotion to Senior Associate reflects the value he brings to our investment team and the trust he has built with our partner companies.”
Prior to joining Tonka Bay, Thao spent three years at Blue Ops Partners, where he provided M&A advisory services for middle market private equity clients in addition to holding interim finance & accounting roles for PE-backed portfolio companies. He started his career in public accounting at Deloitte & Touche. Thao earned his BA in Accounting and Biology at Saint John’s University and his MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
About Tonka Bay Equity Partners
Based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, Tonka Bay has been Building Bigger, Better Businesses® for over 25 years. Tonka Bay Equity Partners is a private equity firm that acquires and invests in growth-oriented businesses in the highly engineered manufacturing, business services and value-added distribution sectors. For more information, call (952) 345-2030 or visit tonkabayequity.com.