John Maldonado

John Maldonado is a Managing Partner at Advent International and serves as Co-Head of North America, based in the firm's Boston headquarters. He joined Advent in 2006 and has spent roughly two decades focused on control buyouts in the healthcare and business & financial services sectors. Over his career he has advised on 25 investments, 22 of them at Advent, and he also serves on Advent's leadership committees (reported as Co-Chair of the firm's Executive Committee).

Before Advent, Maldonado built a career across strategy consulting and private equity. He began as a consultant at The Parthenon Group, a leading strategy consulting firm, and then worked in private equity at Bain Capital and Parthenon Capital before moving to Advent.

He was educated at Dartmouth College, where he earned a BA, summa cum laude, and at Harvard Business School, where he received an MBA with high distinction as a Baker Scholar (a distinction reserved for the top of the graduating class).

In his current role he sits on the boards of several Advent portfolio companies and healthcare-focused entities, and he is a public voice for the firm — for example, appearing on CNBC's "Closing Bell" in early 2025 to discuss Advent's outlook on M&A, IPO markets, interest rates, and AI-driven opportunities.

• Invests through control buyouts and growth investments in established, market-leading businesses — this is large-cap private equity, not seed/angel investing.
• Sector concentration: healthcare (services, pharma/biopharma, healthcare technology) and business & financial services.
• Emphasizes partnering closely with strong management teams — he has stated that "great deals are born from great talent."
• Credits Advent's privately-owned partnership structure for allowing the firm to focus on building exceptional, durable businesses alongside management rather than chasing short-term growth metrics.
• Geographic remit centers on North America within Advent's global sector-focused model.