Fueling Deals

Chris Wilkerson is the Founder and CEO of High Bar Capital, which specializes in funding, acquisition, and management of high-quality businesses in niche markets with the goal of growing businesses while increasing their value. Prior to founding High Bar Capital, Chris specialized in business development at Ventro, a B2B marketplace. Chris also works with graduate and undergraduate students as the founder of the Reverse Mentoring Program for the Wharton Executive Education Program. Chris is an active advisory board member for the Cornell Entrepreneurship Network and the Cornell National Scholar Alumni board, and he serves as Treasurer for ACTUS, a charity focused on the arts, nature preservation, and health initiatives.What You Will Learn:Chris shares how he started his first business, a plant nursery, after his parents wrote a book titled "Businesses Your Kids Can Start" and wanted to use him as a test case when he was a child.Chris highlights what High Bar Capital does, what sorts of investments they make,