William C. Schmidt — Special Partner at Advent International

Mr. William C. Schmidt, also known as Will, is a Special Partner at Advent International Corporation. He joined the firm in 1988 and previously served as its Managing Partner. He focuses on buyouts in the industrial, technology, and telecommunication sector with an emphasis on telecommunications services, electronics, and software. He has led or co-led Advent's investments in seven companies and has also sponsored eight other investments in the telecommunication and technology sector. For many years, he was a lead European member of the TMT team. For the past several years, he concentrated on management roles. Prior to this, he spent six years with Bain & Co. Before that, Mr. Schmidt worked in short-term positions for Rhone-Poulenc, Cellier, and the Bayerische Vereinsbank. He was a Director of Italtel Holding S.p.A., EUnet International Ltd., Inforay Inc., PixTech Inc., Kalsep Ltd., SoftCore BV, and Logal Educational Software Ltd. Mr. Schmidt has 26 years of private equity and venture capital experience. Mr. Schmidt received an M.B.A., with distinction, from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Williams College.