Frederick Iseman
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{{Short description|American businessman}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Frederick Iseman
| citizenship = US
| education = Yale College, B.A. in English literature
| known_for = Founder of CI Capital Partners
| title = Founder, CEO
}}
Frederick J. Iseman is an American businessman, philanthropist, and the founder of CI Capital Partners (formerly Caxton-Iseman Capital) private-equity firm.
Early life and education
Iseman is the son of Joseph S. Iseman, a noted New York City attorney and partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/01/nyregion/01iseman.html?ex=1304136000&en=901894a53244bb1a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Joseph S. Iseman, 89, Lawyer and Educator, Dies, The New York Times, 1 May 2006] He earned a B.A. in English literature from Yale College and is a member of its Elizabethan Club.{{cite web|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2014/05/31/professor-of-poetry-established/|title=Professor of Poetry established|last=Xiao| first=Eric|date=31 May 2014|website=Yale Daily News|access-date=3 February 2020}}
Career
Iseman founded Caxton-Iseman Capital LLC in partnership with Caxton Associates. Caxton-Iseman Capital LLC announced on December 21, 2007, that it had completed its spin-off from Caxton Associates to form an independent private equity fund to be named CI Capital Partners LLC.[https://archive.today/20130201073958/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS168578+21-Dec-2007+PRN20071221 Caxton-Iseman Capital Announces Spin-Off From Caxton Associates] (Press Release) Frederick Iseman currently serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of CI Capital Partners LLC.
Iseman is a former chairman of CI Capital Partners' portfolio companies, including Ply Gem Industries, American Residential Services, Conney Safety Products, KIK Custom Products, and CoVant, Transplace, Tech Air, Interactive Health Solutions, Galls, IntraPac, A-T Solutions, Foundation Building Materials, and Total Fleet Solutions. Iseman was also a member of the advisory board of investment firm STAR Capital in London. Iseman was the chairman of Anteon International Corp. until Anteon's sale to General Dynamics Corp. in June 2006.Lou Whiteman, "Smart Fishing,"[http://www.thedeal.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Home&c=Page&cid=1011714706980 The Deal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706160029/http://www.thedeal.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Home&c=Page&cid=1011714706980 |date=2012-07-06 }}, July 6, 2006
Philanthropy
Iseman sat on the board of directors of the International Rescue Committee and was a member of the advisory board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, whose chairman is former senator Sam Nunn. He currently serves on the international council of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
His philanthropic interests include medical research at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center,{{Cite web |url=http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/ps/annual/report06/donors.html |title=COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY P&S Annual Report |access-date=January 24, 2008 |archive-date=September 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905182959/http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/ps/annual/report06/donors.html |url-status=dead }} the Frederick Iseman Theater at Yale University,{{Cite web |url=http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=6715 |title=Yale Dedicates the Frederick Iseman Theater |access-date=2010-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714143251/http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=6715 |archive-date=2010-07-14 |url-status=dead }} the Wharton Institute, the Taub Institute for Brain Research, oncology, immunology, and other disciplines. In 2014, he provided Yale with a $3 million endowment for creation of the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry faculty position.
As a past member of the board of directors of The Metropolitan Opera,[https://www.metopera.org/about/who-we-are/board-of-directors/ "Board of Directors,"][https://www.metopera.org/ MetOpera.org], retrieved June 14, 2020. Iseman underwrote the production of Dimitri Shostakovich's The Nose for the 2009–2010 season.[http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/news/press/detail.aspx?id=6986 The Met Expands its Repertory (Press Release)] He was also on the board of trustees of Carnegie Hall[http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/about_us/art_board_of_trustees.html Carnegie Hall Board of Trustees] and was chairman of the Mariinsky Foundation of America.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wnfa.org/aboutusboardofdirectors.htm |title=White Nights Foundation of America Board of Directors |access-date=2010-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327103704/http://www.wnfa.org/aboutusboardofdirectors.htm |archive-date=2010-03-27 |url-status=dead }} Iseman currently sits on the Board of trustees at the Morgan Library & Museum.{{Cite web |date=2015-02-01 |title=Board of Trustees and Administration |url=https://www.themorgan.org/about/board |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=The Morgan Library & Museum |language=en}} Iseman is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served on that Council's Independent Task Force on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy.[http://www.cfr.org/publication/19226 Council on Foreign Relations - U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy]{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He was the lead sponsor of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization's 2008 conference on nuclear weapons. Iseman is a major supporter of Stanford University's Preventive Defense Project, a part of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at the Freeman Spogli Institute and the Yale Center for Genocide Studies.[http://www.yale.edu/gsp/ Genocide Studies Program at Yale University] His support of the latter allowed Adam Jones to complete his book, Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction.{{Cite web |url=http://www.yale.edu/gsp/GSP_AnnualReport2007.doc |title=Genocide Studies Program Annual Report 2007 |access-date=2010-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417023936/http://www.yale.edu/gsp/GSP_AnnualReport2007.doc |archive-date=2009-04-17 |url-status=dead }}
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