Gretchen Knoell
gknoell@lakestreetcapital.com
Ms. Knoell is a Partner with Lake Street Capital. Prior to founding Lake Street Capital in 2003, Ms. Knoell spent 18 years primarily in Investment Banking and Corporate Development. During this period, Ms. Knoell served as Vice President of Business Development at Digital Island Corporation; Senior Managing Director of Corporate Finance co-heading the West Coast Technology Investment Banking Group at Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.; and Head of Corporate Finance at Punk, Ziegel & Knoell, a specialty investment bank committed to emerging growth companies which she co-founded in 1990. Ms. Knoell started her investment banking career in 1985 with Needham & Company. During her career as a banker, Ms. Knoell led the successful completion of billions of dollars of IPOs and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to attending business school, Ms. Knoell was an engineer with Exxon Corporation.
Ms. Knoell received her M.B.A. from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University.
Ms. Knoell currently serves Cornell University as a Member of the Engineering College Advisory Council.
Ms. Knoell serves on the Board of Directors of Entrieva, Inc., Silicon Genesis Corporation and Sequence Design, Inc. which are LSC portfolio companies and she is a former board member for Celion Networks, Frictionless Commerce, Inc., Network Elements, Inc. and Nufern.
