Michael Delaney

Michael Delaney is Co-Founder, Senior Partner and Co-Head of Business Services at Court Square Capital Partners. Court Square’s team page states that he serves as Senior Partner and Co-Head of the Business Services sector and has been a member of the investment team since 1989.

Delaney joined Citicorp Investment Bank in 1986. Court Square was later formed in 2006 when Delaney, Dave Thomas and Joe Silvestri led the spinoff of the team from Citigroup. In Court Square’s 2022 leadership-transition announcement, Delaney and Dave Thomas moved into Senior Partner roles while continuing to serve as members of the Investment Committee.

Before Citicorp, Delaney held corporate finance roles at General Motors, including Manager of Acquisitions and Divestitures. He also served in the U.S. Army, retiring in 1980. He earned a B.S. from Pennsylvania State University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

• Court Square describes its strategy as middle-market private equity focused on companies with compelling growth potential in Business Services, Healthcare, Industrials, and Tech & Telecom.
• The firm’s stated target criteria are $75 million to $350 million of equity and $150 million to $1.5 billion of enterprise value.
• Court Square says it seeks companies “positioned to benefit from compelling growth, driven by favorable trends, market disruption or consolidation.”
• The firm emphasizes partnering with management teams, founders and families, stating that it looks “to partner with management, founders and families to create transformational growth for middle-market companies.”
• Delaney’s personal sector focus is Business Services, and his current board list is concentrated in marketing/data, logistics, patient-community media and digital performance marketing businesses.