Patrick Kocsi

Patrick is the Founder Emeritus of Juna Equity Partners, a lower middle market private equity firm focused on co-investing and non-control transactions based in New York. Currently Patrick co-leads Ardian’s co-investing practice focusing on North American investments alongside global private equity firms. Ardian is a leading global private equity firm with over $115BN assets under management. Patrick has been in the private equity industry since 1997.

Prior to establishing Juna in 2015 and joining Ardian in 2019, Patrick was Head of GE Equity, the private equity arm of GE Capital. He managed a $2.5BN global private equity portfolio consisting of co-investments and LP commitments. Patrick’s time at General Electric Company, the US industrial conglomerate, spanned 24 years in increasing roles of responsibility both domestic and international. He led the disposition of GE Equity’s investment portfolio to Ardian leading to the formation of Juna.

He has served as a director or observer on 20+ boards both private, public, as well as non-profit.

Patrick has a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Boston University and a Master’s degree in International Relations & Finance from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He is a US and an EU (Austrian) citizen.