Stephen Master joined GTCR in 2008 and is currently a managing director at the firm. Prior to joining GTCR, Stephen worked as an analyst in the telecommunications and mergers & acquisitions groups at UBS Investment Bank. He is currently a Director of Ascent Sports Group, FMG, Guideline, Lexipol and Simpli.fi and played an instrumental role in GTCR’s investment in Landmark Aviation. He was previously a Director of Beeline, Cision, Inteliquent, Protection 1 and Park Place. Stephen holds a BA summa cum laude from Northwestern University in mathematical methods in the social sciences and economics and an MBA with honors from Chicago Booth.