Leading & Building as a CEO: Roundtable with Stewart Kohl, Co-CEO at The Riverside Company (For young CEO's & Founders only)

May 20 2025, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT Midtown - Address revealed upon registration

Date

Tuesday, May 20th
at
6:00 PM EDT

Location

Midtown - Address revealed upon registration

About

Osher roundtables are engaging, educational, unparalleled learning experiences for young professionals. Conversations are candid and off the record, allowing you opportunity to partake in the discussion and ask questions.

This roundtable is intended for young CEO's, Founders, and top-decision makers who have at least $2m in revenue, 15+ employees, or over $100m assets under management.

For questions about the event or membership please reach out to: brooke.steinman@osherpartners.org

Attendee Policy
Osher Programs are open to professionals from the ages of 26-40. If you are interested in attending, please apply by clicking the "register" button. A member of our team will review your information and get back to you shortly. If you are over age 40 and do not qualify for this session, we will be happy to provide further information on involvement opportunities for which you do qualify. Non-members of Osher are welcome to join one event to experience our group. After your first event we ask that you apply to become a member if you wish to continue being involved in our community.

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Speaker

Stewart Kohl

Co-CEO at The Riverside Company

Stewart A. Kohl is Co-Chief Executive Officer of The Riverside Company, a $14 billion global private equity firm founded to invest in premier companies at the smaller end of the middle market. Since 1988, Riverside has invested in more than 1,000 companies globally. The firm’s investors include leading pension funds, endowments, funds-of-funds, insurance companies, banks and private wealth investors. The firm employs more than 350 people in offices across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

Mr. Kohl joined Riverside in 1993 to partner with Co-CEO Béla Szigethy. Prior to that, he was a vice president of Citicorp Venture Capital, Ltd., the private equity arm of Citibank.

In addition to his work with Riverside, Mr. Kohl serves as an Honorary Trustee of Oberlin College and the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Foundation, the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland as well as being a member of the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Clinic, where he Co-Chaired its $2.6 billion Power of Every One Capital Centennial Campaign, which was completed in 2021. He was inducted into the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges Hall of Excellence in 2009. He previously served as Co-Chair of the Building for Hope Capital Campaign of the Center for Families and Children.

Mr. Kohl received the Maltz Heritage Award in 2023, recognizing his commitment to diversity and acceptance. He also earned the George S. Dively Entrepreneurship Award in 2018 and he and Riverside were recognized for the 2018 Malden Mills Corporate Kindness Award. He was inducted into the Northeast Ohio Business Hall of Fame in 2014. After spending 16 years as a “Heavy Hitter” participant in the Pan-Mass Challenge bicycle fundraiser, Mr. Kohl founded VeloSano, a similar event that has raised more than $51 million to fund cancer research since 2014.

Mr. Kohl holds a BA from Oberlin College.