Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 17, 2016

Interview with the CEO: Golub Capital BDC Inc. (NASDAQ:GBDC)

Golub, David B.
David B. Golub is CEO of Golub Capital BDC Inc. and President of Golub Capital, a nationally recognized credit asset manager with an award-winning middle-market lending business. Golub Capital manages over $15 billion in capital for institutional investors and family offices, offering tailored solutions for investors’ credit asset strategies. The firm is a leading middle-market lender to leveraged companies in the U.S. Golub Capital has been a top-three U.S. Middle Market Bookrunner each year from 2008 through Q1 2016 for senior secured loans of up to $500 million for leveraged buyouts. In 2016, Golub Capital has been awarded Lender of the Year, Americas; Senior Lender of the Year, Americas; and Business Development Company of the Year by Private Debt Investor. Prior to joining Golub Capital in 2003, Mr. Golub was a Managing Director of Centre Partners, a leading middle-market private equity firm, and of Corporate Partners, a Lazard-sponsored $1.5 billion private equity fund formed to acquire significant minority stakes in established companies. Mr. Golub was the first Chairman of the board and is a long-standing director of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. He has served previously on the boards of the Hudson Guild and the World Policy Institute. Mr. Golub is also on the board of directors of Burton Snowboards, and has served on the boards of numerous public and private companies including Tyco Toys, listed on the NYSE, and Dollar Financial, listed on Nasdaq. Mr. Golub earned his A.B. degree magna cum laude in government from Harvard College. He received an Master of Philosophy in international relations from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was named an Arjay Miller Scholar. Profile
TWST: Tell us about the background of Golub Capital. When and why was it established?

Mr. Golub: The firm was founded in 1994 by my brother, Lawrence. Initially,