Holly M. Cao

Ms. Holly M.
Cao is Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Lion Cao Asset Management LLC.
She also oversees the day-to-day operations of the company with David, as well as focuses on sourcing and structuring new direct investments, co-investments and fund investments, as well as new business development.
She also maintains relationships with many of the fund and operating managers that Lion Cao’s principals has invested in over the years.
She is a member of the Investment Committee.
Prior to co-founding Lion Cao Asset Management in 2005, Ms. Cao was a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of The Icon Group LLC, an alternative investment firm focused primarily in hedge funds, private equity funds and direct investments for a group of families in Central America.
She was also a Venture Partner of Point Judith Capital.
Her prior experience also includes summer positions at McCown De Leeuw & Co. and Village Ventures.
Prior to co-founding Icon, Ms. Cao spent three years at Capital Guidance, an international private investment firm in Washington, D.C.
At Capital Guidance, she was a key member of the U.S.
team investing in and managing operating companies focused on distribution, manufacturing and real estate businesses, among other industries.
Her primary initiatives included buying, building and managing two portfolio companies at Capital Guidance namely, MasterTile, a ceramic tile distribution company, and Madison Realty, an upscale retail real estate development, acquisition and property management company that owns and manages upscale retail real estate properties.
Prior to Capital Guidance, she spent two years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where she worked with the Fixed Income Portfolio Management team in managing institutional client portfolios and relationships.
Ms. Cao received an A.B.
in Economics from the University of Chicago and an M.B.A.
from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.