Justin Steil

Justin is a Partner and Member of the Investment Committee, overseeing our investment thesis development and global origination/business development activities. Previously, Justin led our North American Transaction Team. He brings more than two decades of private equity investing experience to the firm. Prior to joining MiddleGround, Justin served as a Managing Director on the Private Capital team of PineBridge Investments and as a Managing Director in the private equity business of Evercore. Before his time in private equity, Justin began his career in investment banking at Merrill Lynch & Co.; informally, his high school summer job was at a local Tool & Die shop in Detroit, making him the third generation in his family to work in the automotive industry. Justin earned a Bachelor of Business Administration with High Distinction from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a Master of Arts in Economics from New York University, where he also studied public policy at the Wagner School.

Justin serves on the Advisory Council of National Public Radio affiliate, WFUV, the most listened-to noncommercial alternative music station in the US. From 2014-2020, Justin served on the National Board of Directors for the MATHCOUNTS Foundation, a non-profit organization engaging more than 100,000 US middle school students in math competitions and programs annually. Since 2018, Justin has continued to serve as the Brooklyn Chapter Coordinator of MATHCOUNTS.

Justin and his wife, Amanda, a Conservation Biologist, are the proud parents of two girls. As with most of our NY team, Justin has had his run-in with a celebrity – he met Prince while in Hawaii! Justin has said that if he didn’t work in private equity, he would work as a carpenter or in light construction, though his growing tool collection is limited by the storage constraints of New York City living.