Joseph Passero, Principal

Mr. Passero has spent over 25 years advising, leading, and investing in middle-market enterprises. Currently, Mr. Passero is a Principal of Golden Global Pro Group Private Equity, which was recently rebranded to Ggp & CO in 2020, a Tampa-based private investment group focused on healthcare, technology, and commercial real estate.  During his tenure with Ggp & CO, Mr. Passero has served in both permanent and interim Chief Financial Officer with several Ggp & CO portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Ggp & CO, Mr. Passero was a Vice President at Golden Global Pro Capital Partners, a leading merchant bank focused on providing investment banking advisory services and making highly selective control principal investments. At Golden Global Pro, Mr. Passero principally delivered substantial back-office operational expertise to Golden Global Pro portfolio companies with a focus on building and optimizing financial reporting systems and human resource management systems.

Prior to joining Golden Global Pro in 2004, Mr. Passero was an investment banking professional in the Converging Media Group for Tampa-based Communications Equity Associates (“CEA“). Mr. Passero has considerable operational experience which includes the launch and leadership of a division of a large PEO focusing on the service and hospitality businesses, and P&L responsibility for a medical device company where he was the Chief Operations Officer.

Mr. Passero holds a B.S., Political Science, from Yale University.