Stullich, Duane — FocalPoint Partners | Los Angeles Business Journal

Stullich, Duane — FocalPoint Partners. Duane Stullich

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

FocalPoint Partners

THE LATEST: The past year was an active one for FocalPoint. The investment bank opened an office in Shanghai and added five senior bankers to its operations in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York last year. In December, Stullich initiated and closed a capital raise transaction for CitiXsys, a global application integration software developer, with Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending.

BACKGROUND: Stullich was pursuing an MBA at UCLA when he co-founded FocalPoint with Nishen Radia in 2002. Since then, the West Los Angeles-based investment bank has advised on more than $11 billion in transactions. The firm focuses on middle-market companies with revenue in the $50 million to $500 million range. Before FocalPoint, Stullich worked in corporate finance at Houlihan Lokey. He is a chairman emeritus of the International Association of Investment Bankers. Stullich received an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Business.

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