Gary C. Hsueh
Chief Financial Officer at BOLD
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Financial Officer
2023 - Current
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
2016
Catapult Capital LLC is a private equity firm that focuses on small to middle-market transactions. Our areas of focus include Internet, advertising, media, consumer and broader technology.
Catapult Capital is a private equity firm that focuses on small to middle-market transactions.
Chief Financial Officer (NYSE: GRND)
2020 - 2022
Following our acquisition of Grindr in June 2020, I became the company's CFO and ultimately took Grindr public on the NYSE in 2022. With my partners at Catapult Capital, we worked to rebuild the team and virtually every system and process within the company from finance to support, product to privacy. We grew both revenue and EBITDA by over 80%. We raised the app ratings from 2 stars to 4.6+ stars. Raised the Glassdoor rating from employees from 18% to 93% approval. Our goal was to have the company growing and ready to be public in 2-3 years. We worked to revitalize the culture and the company's investments into the safety and wellness of the tens of millions of LGTBQ+ users in over 190 countries who depend on the service to connect them with the community across the globe.
Grindr is a location-based social application for gay, bi, trans, queer people and other members of the LGBT community.
Raised $543,000,000.00 from Capital One.
VP, Global Head of Search Partnerships
2014 - 2016
I led a high performing business development team that sourced, managed, and executed Yahoo’s search distribution and content partnerships.
Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.
Raised $6,800,000.00 from Visa, SoftBank Capital, Sequoia Capital and Reuters Venture Capital.
Co-Founder & CEO
2011 - 2014
Co-founder and CEO of a premium baby apparel company with a social focus – drove company from concept to revenue with limited budget and resources
Vice President, Investment Banking Division
2006 - 2011
Select transaction experience includes: M&A * Skype – Sale to Microsoft for $8.5bn (2011) * Hitachi GST – Divestiture of HGST from Hitachi to Western Digital for $4.3bn (2011) * Dell – Acquisition of SecureWorks for $612mm (2011) * Skype – Divestiture of Skype from eBay to Investor Consortium for $2.75bn (2009) * Microsoft – Acquisition of FAST Search and Transfer for $1.2bn (2008) Financings * Tesla Motors $226mm IPO (2010) * Conexant Systems – Recapitalization including $64mm FO offering, $175mm senior secured notes and $105mm cash tender for outstanding convertible (2010) * Palm $374mm Follow On (2009) * 3PAR $105mm IPO (2007) * SuccessFactors $124mm IPO (2007)
Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Investment Banking Associate
2005 - 2005
Credit Suisse Group is a financial services company that advises clients in all aspects of finance.
Program Manager
2000 - 2005
Program manager in Cisco's central software manufacturing group, managing and supporting all of Cisco's core IOS, application software, and acquired software products.
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Product Line Analyst
1999 - 2000
Product Line Analyst in charge of Network Access Semiconductor products, managing wafer and back-end production starts based on hard and soft demand.
Conexant Systems, Inc. is a provider of solutions for audio and imaging applications.