Frederick J. Iseman is an American businessman and the founder of CI Capital Partners (formerly Caxton-Iseman Capital) private-equity firm.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Current Board and Advisory Positions 3 Philanthropic Interests 4 Published Articles 5 Education 6 Family 7 Other 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Biography

Frederick Iseman founded Caxton-Iseman Capital LLC in 1993 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.^[1] Frederick Iseman currently serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CI Capital Partners LLC.

Iseman is chairman of CI Capital Partners' portfolio companies including Valley National Gases, Ply Gem Industries, American Residential Services, Conney Safety Products, Prodigy Health Group, Electrograph Systems, KIK Custom Products, CoVant, and Buffets Inc.. He is 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.^[2] Anteon closed its initial public offering in 2002.^[3]

[edit] Current Board and Advisory Positions

In addition, Iseman is a Board member of the International Rescue Committee and the Academy for Educational Development, two large foreign aid NGOs. He also serves on the International Council of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, whose chairman is former Senator Sam Nunn. 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. His support of the latter allowed Adam Jones to complete his book, Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction. Iseman is also a Harold Pratt Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on that Council’s Independent Task Force on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Posture. He is the lead sponsor of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization's 2008 conference on nuclear weapons.

[edit] Philanthropic Interests

Iseman’s significant philanthropic interests include medical research at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center^[4], the Frederick Iseman Theater at Yale University, the Wharton Institute, the Taub Institute for Brain Research, oncology and immunology and other disciplines. He is also on the Board of Directors of the The Metropolitan Opera^[5] and the Glimmerglass Opera.^[6]

[edit] Published Articles

Articles by Iseman have been published in The New York Times^[7], Harper's Magazine,^[8] and The New Yorker.^[9]

[edit] Education

Iseman is a graduate of Yale College, with a B.A. in English Literature and is a member of its Elizabethan Club.

[edit] Family

He resides in New York with his two children, a daughter and son. He is the son of Joseph S. Iseman, who was a noted New York attorney and partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, and the brother of Peter A. Iseman, author and Arabist.

[edit] Other

Mr. Iseman was a member of the cast of the 1987 movie "Someone to Love" starring Orson Welles.

[edit] References

1. ^ Caxton-Iseman Capital Announces Spin-Off From Caxton Associates (Press Release)
2. ^ Lou Whiteman, "Smart Fishing,"The Deal, July 6, 2006
3. ^ David Carey, "A Consummate Partner," The Deal, October 8, 2004
4. ^ COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY P&S Annual Report
5. ^ The Metropolitan Opera Board of Directors
6. ^ Glimmerglass Opera Administration & Board
7. ^ "Let Corporate Takeovers Keep Rolling", The New York Times, December 1, 1986.
8. ^ Iseman, Frederick - Articles (Harper's Magazine)
9. ^ The Talk of the Town: The Ride: The New Yorker

[edit] External links

• Nuclear Threat Initiative
• CI Capital Partners LLC
• Council on Foreign Relations
• Academy for Educational Development
• Valley National Gases
• Ply Gem Industries
• American Residential Services
• Conney Safety Products, LLC
• Prodigy Health Group
• Electrograph Systems
• KIK Custom Products
• CoVant
• Buffets, Inc.

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