Dean Kehler

Co-Chairman of the Board & Co-Chief Executive Officer at GX Acquisition Corp.

Dean Kehler

Dean Kehler

Co-Chairman of the Board & Co-Chief Executive Officer at GX Acquisition Corp.

Overview

Career Highlights

Trimaran Capital LLC
Trimaran Advisors LLC
GX Acquisition Corp.

RelSci Relationships

990

Primary Location

Mamaroneck, NY, United States

Number of Boards

44

Birthday

1957

Age

64

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Jay R. Bloom

Co-Founder at Trimaran Advisors LLC

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Michael Gerard Maselli

Managing Director at Trimaran Capital Partners LLC

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Andrew R. Heyer

Founder at Mistral Capital Management LLC

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Wes Barton

Vice President at Trimaran Capital Partners LLC

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Andrea J. Kellett

Chief Financial Officer, Managing Director at Trimaran Managers LP

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Stephen J. Sather

Former Director, President & Chief Executive Officer at El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Samuel N. Borgese

President & Chief Executive Officer at Shari's Management Corp.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Alberto Robaina

Chief Compliance Officer at Trimaran Credit Managers LP

Relationship likelihood: Strong

David A. Smilow

Managing Director at AshmoreAvenida

Relationship likelihood: Strong

John Roth

Chief Executive Officer at Freeman Spogli Management Co. LP

Relationship likelihood: Strong

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In The News

PR Newswire

January 8, 2021

Celularity and GX Acquisition Corp. Announce Merger Agreement to Create a Publicly Listed Leader in Allogeneic Cellular Therapy; - Celularity has entered into a definitive merger agreement with GX Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: "GXGX"); upon closing, shares o

GlobeNewswire

July 11, 2019

GX Acquisition Corp. Announces the Separate Trading of its Class A Common Stock and Warrants, Commencing July 15, 2019

GlobeNewswire

May 20, 2019

GX Acquisition Corp. Announces Pricing of $250,000,000 Initial Public Offering

RelSci

April 8, 2019

Dean Kehler is now serving in a new board position at Portman Ridge Finance Corporation

The Deal Pipeline

September 9, 2016

Laster rejects sharing of books and records requests

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Dean Kehler

Co-Chairman of the Board & Co-Chief Executive Officer at GX Acquisition Corp.

Family Members

Spouse

Elizabeth Harpel Kehler

Former Vice President at American Ballet Theatre

American Ballet Theatre is considered one of the greatest dance companies in the world, revered as a living national treasure since its founding in 1939. Few ballet companies rival ABT in size, scope, and outreach. Though located in New York City, ABT annually tours the United States – performing for 300,000 people annually – and is the only major cultural institution to do so. The Company has made more than 30 international tours to 45 countries in order to share American ballet with the world, and on many of these engagements ABT received sponsorship from the State Department of the United States Government.

Education

BS

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

The Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wharton was the world’s first collegiate business school and the first business school in the United States. It was established in 1881 through a donation of Joseph Wharton.

Career History

Co-Chairman of the Board & Co-Chief Executive Officer

2018 - Current

GX Acquisition Corp.

GX Acquisition Corp. operates as a blank check company, which focuses on effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded on August 24, 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Limited Partner

1999 - Current

Trimaran Managers LP

Managing Director

Current

Caravelle Advisors LLC

Boards & Committees

Director

Prior - 2014

Inviva, Inc.

Inviva, Inc. provides insurance and annuity services. It provides services through its wholly subsidiaries that are licensed to sell life insurance and annuities, with both fixed and variable authority. The company's platform allows to issue and service policies online without paper in various areas ranging from quote through application, underwriting, issuance, and administration. The company was founded in December 1999 is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Director

1999 - Prior

Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc.

Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc. operates ski resorts. It operates Northstar-at-Tahoe and Sierra-at-Tahoe resorts in California and Waterville Valley, Cranmore Mountain Resort and Loon Mountain in New Hampshire and the Summit at Snoqualmie in Washington. The company was founded by George N. Gillett in October, 1996 and is headquartered in Truckee, CA.

Director

Prior

Continental Airlines, Inc.

Continental Airlines, Inc. is an air carrier engaged in the business of transporting passengers, cargo and mail. The company operates in two business segments: mainline and regional. Continental Airlines was founded on July 15, 1934 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Director

Prior

Global Crossing Ltd.

Global Crossing was a telecommunications company that provided computer networking services worldwide and operated a tier 1 carrier. It maintained a large backbone network and offered transit and peering links, Virtual private network (VPN), leased lines, audio and video conferencing, long distance telephone, managed services, dialup, colocation and VoIP. Its customer base ranged from individuals to large enterprises and other carriers, with emphasis on higher-margin layered services such as managed services and VoIP with leased lines. Its core network delivered services to more than 700 cities in more than 70 countries.

Non-Profit Donations & Grants

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$100K +

2015

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn) is a private, Ivy League university, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn considers itself the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, as well as the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies.

$100K +

2014

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn) is a private, Ivy League university, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn considers itself the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, as well as the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies.

$25K +

2013

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn) is a private, Ivy League university, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn considers itself the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, as well as the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies.

Political Donations

$2,100

2007

John McCain

$1,000

2006

James M. Talent

Former Senator from Missouri

$2,000

2005

Jon Llewellyn Kyl

Former Senator from Arizona

Transactions

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GX Acquisition Corp. issued USD Units Consisting of Common Stock and Warrants

Investments

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ThingLink Oy

Thinglink Oy develops online image and video interaction tools. It offers an in-image advertising network for brands, retailers and other product advertisers. The company was founded by Ulla-Maaria Engeström in 2008 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

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Other Affiliations

Dean Kehler is affiliated with GX Acquisition Corp., Trimaran Managers LP, Caravelle Advisors LLC, Trimaran Investments II LLC, University of Pennsylvania - School of Nursing, Trimaran Capital LLC, Trimaran Capital Partners LLC, Trimaran Advisors LLC, The Argosy Group L.P., CIBC WG Argosy Merchant Fund 1, Inc., Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb, Inc., Inviva, Inc., Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc., Continental Airlines, Inc., Charlie Brown's Acquisition Corp., TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc., Heating Oil Partners LP, CNC Holdings Corp., Hills Department Stores, Inc., Source Holding Corp., EPL Intermediate, Inc., El Pollo Loco, Inc., Global Crossing Ltd.

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