Quick Facts
Biography
Peter Young is the President and Managing Director of Young & Partners LLC, a boutique investment bank that specializes in the chemical and life sciences, working with companies for chemistry, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical devices.
He is the 2017 recipient of the Richard J. Bolte Sr. Award for supporting industries.
Education
Peter Young earned his M.B.A. at Harvard Business School, where he was named a Baker Scholar with Highest Distinction. He then received his M.S. in Accounting from New York University as well as a B.A. in Economics from Yale University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, belonging to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Career
Young worked with the management consulting firm Bain & Company where he advised on corporate strategy and restructuring, before moving to venture capital firm J.H. Whitney & Company. In 1986, he moved to Salomon Brothers, where he was in charge of the Chemicals section. He went on to lead the chemical section of Wertheim Schroder & Co. (later Schroders). In 1993 he was hired to lead the global chemical industry group at Lehman Brothers.
In 1996, Peter Young founded Young & Partners, which he manages. Clients include Allied Signal, Bayer, DuPont, Eastman Chemical, Henkel, Mitsubishi Corporation, NL Industries, Perkin-Elmer, Rhone-Poulenc and
Solutia.
Awards and honors
Mr. Young serves on the board of the Société de Chimie Industrielle (American section). He was elected president of the board on December 16, 2015.
Young serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Pharmaceutical Executive Magazine.
Young received the Commercial Development and Marketing Association Executive Excellence award in April 2006.
He is the 2017 recipient of the Richard J. Bolte Sr. Award for supporting industries.