Tony Morales
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- Full Name
- Tony Morales
- Title
- Principal (current, CC Capital) — previously Associate, MidOcean Partners
- Firm
- CC Capital (formerly MidOcean Partners)
- Firm Type
- Private Equity / private investment firm *(not an angel investor — the stub's "Angel Investors" classification is inaccurate)*
- Investment Stage
- Buyout, take-private, and long-term control/growth equity *(not seed — the stub's "Seed Round" is inaccurate)*
- Sector Focus
- Business services, consumer, healthcare; at CC Capital also financial services / insurance and data/information services
- Geographic Focus
- United States
- Location
- New York, NY
Background
Tony Morales is a Principal at CC Capital, the New York–based private investment firm founded in 2016 by former Blackstone senior managing director and private equity co-head Chinh Chu. CC Capital acquires and operates high-quality companies for the long term, and has been behind several large-cap deals including the $7.2 billion take-private of Dun & Bradstreet (2019, re-IPO'd as NYSE: DNB in 2020), the acquisition of snack maker Utz Brands, F&G Annuities & Life, Wilshire, and Getty Images.
Before joining CC Capital, Morales was an Associate at MidOcean Partners, a middle-market private equity firm established in 2003 and headquartered at 245 Park Avenue in New York. MidOcean focuses on middle-market companies in the consumer and business-services sectors and also runs an alternative-credit business. At MidOcean, Morales invested across the business services, consumer, and healthcare sectors and participated in six initial and follow-on acquisitions. The email ([hidden]) and phone number in the stub data trace to this MidOcean tenure.
Morales began his career in the Financial Institutions Group at Barclays, where he worked on a range of M&A advisory and capital-raising assignments. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Yale University.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- Operates as a private equity investment professional, not an angel or seed investor — deals are control buyouts, take-privates, and long-term growth/operating investments, typically at the mid-to-large-cap scale.
- Sector experience concentrated in business services, consumer, and healthcare (from MidOcean), extending at CC Capital into financial services/insurance and data & information services.
- At CC Capital, the stated philosophy is to invest in and operate high-quality companies for the long term, rather than short-hold trades — Chu's playbook emphasizes durable franchises (e.g., Dun & Bradstreet, F&G, Utz).
- Underwriting reflects an M&A/financial-institutions background from Barclays: rigorous financial analysis, M&A structuring, and capital-raising fluency.
Notable Investments
- Dun & Bradstreet (DNB) — CC Capital led the $7.2B take-private (closed Feb 2019) and subsequent July 2020 IPO on the NYSE.
- Utz Brands — CC Capital-backed public listing of the snack-food company.
- F&G Annuities & Life / Fidelity & Guaranty Life — insurance platform originally acquired via CC Capital's first SPAC (CF Corp., $1.2B raise).
- Getty Images — visual-media company in the CC Capital portfolio.
- E2open, Wilshire, Insignia Financial, Westaim, Ceres Life Insurance — additional CC Capital portfolio holdings.
- MidOcean Partners deals — participated in six initial and follow-on acquisitions across business services, consumer, and healthcare (specific companies not individually disclosed).
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