Managing Partner, Founder
Pacific Avenue Capital Partners
Chris Sznewajs founded Manhattan Beach-based Pacific Avenue Capital Partners in 2018, bringing deep carve-out expertise honed as a principal at The Gores Group and as a Bain & Co. restructuring consultant. His private equity firm, with offices in Paris as well, focuses on corporate divestitures and complex middle-market transactions and has approximately $3.8 billion in assets under managment as of September. In 2026, Sznewajs closed the first investment from Pacific Avenue Fund II: the $320 million acquisition of Care.com from IAC – the largest online marketplace for family care – marking a significant expansion of the firm’s consumer platform portfolio. Prior investments have spanned industrials, consumer services, and technology.
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