The private equity industry sniffed some wins in 2025. Consulting firms such as Bain & Co. believe that 2026 will be even more promising – and some bankers are even coming out of retirement for the opportunity.
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John Stroll joined Crédit Agricole earlier this month as a managing director (MD) in the French bank’s private capital group for the Americas. Stroll is based in New York for Crédit Agricole, as he was for his previous employer, Mizuho.
Stroll left Mizuho at the end of 2024, after six years at the firm, which made him an MD in its financial sponsors and strategic solutions team.
It isn’t clear what Stroll did exactly in 2025, but given his social media posts requesting various materials related to owning and operating small businesses, it seems possible that he tried to strike it out on his own. He wasn’t registered anywhere on FINRA, either, suggesting that he worked away from Wall Street. Stroll declined a request to comment.
Despite the name, Crédit Agricole’s private capital group does not involve itself in private credit transactions. Its website claims that it supports “private equity transactions, as well as infrastructure and real estate investors”, meaning it has avoided much of the carnage in recent years that has led to firms such as Ares and Apollo beginning to limit investor redemptions. Lucky for some.
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