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Doug Bergeron | |
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| Born | Douglas George Bergeron December 5, 1960 |
| Nationality | Canadian, American, |
| Alma mater | York University University of Southern California |
| Website | www |
Doug Bergeron is a Senior Advisor to GTCR, a leading private equity firm based in Chicago.
Bergeron is also the founder and sole shareholder of DGB Investments, a diversified holding company of technology investments.
Bergeron serves as Chairman of the Board of Cantaloupe, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTLP). He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Metateq and Zact.
In 2001, Bergeron led the acquisition of VeriFone from Hewlett-Packard and became its chairman and CEO. In 2002, Bergeron partnered with GTCR and embarked upon a strategy to aggressively grow VeriFone into a multinational company. As of May 2012, VeriFone’s enterprise value was approximately $5 billion, a 100 times increase.[1][2] Bergeron is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institute at Stanford University and is a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
- ^ Gores Group. "Gores Group, Private Tech Co. Buying Verifone Press Release 9/21/2013".
- ^ Yahoo! Finance. "VeriFone Systems, Inc. (PAY)".