Gary C. Hsueh

Chief Financial Officer

2023

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

2016

Catapult Capital LLC is a private equity firm that focuses on small to middle-market transactions. Our areas of focus include Internet, advertising, media, consumer and broader technology.

Chief Financial Officer (NYSE: GRND)

2020 - 2022

Following our acquisition of Grindr in June 2020, I became the company's CFO and ultimately took Grindr public on the NYSE in 2022. With my partners at Catapult Capital, we worked to rebuild the team and virtually every system and process within the company from finance to support, product to privacy. We grew both revenue and EBITDA by over 80%. We raised the app ratings from 2 stars to 4.6+ stars. Raised the Glassdoor rating from employees from 18% to 93% approval. Our goal was to have the company growing and ready to be public in 2-3 years. We worked to revitalize the culture and the company's investments into the safety and wellness of the tens of millions of LGTBQ+ users in over 190 countries who depend on the service to connect them with the community across the globe.

VP, Global Head of Search Partnerships

2014 - 2016

I led a high performing business development team that sourced, managed, and executed Yahoo’s search distribution and content partnerships.

Co-Founder & CEO

2011 - 2014

Co-founder and CEO of a premium baby apparel company with a social focus – drove company from concept to revenue with limited budget and resources

Vice President, Investment Banking Division

2006 - 2011

Select transaction experience includes: M&A * Skype – Sale to Microsoft for $8.5bn (2011) * Hitachi GST – Divestiture of HGST from Hitachi to Western Digital for $4.3bn (2011) * Dell – Acquisition of SecureWorks for $612mm (2011) * Skype – Divestiture of Skype from eBay to Investor Consortium for $2.75bn (2009) * Microsoft – Acquisition of FAST Search and Transfer for $1.2bn (2008) Financings * Tesla Motors $226mm IPO (2010) * Conexant Systems – Recapitalization including $64mm FO offering, $175mm senior secured notes and $105mm cash tender for outstanding convertible (2010) * Palm $374mm Follow On (2009) * 3PAR $105mm IPO (2007) * SuccessFactors $124mm IPO (2007)

Investment Banking Associate

2005 - 2005

Program Manager

2000 - 2005

Program manager in Cisco's central software manufacturing group, managing and supporting all of Cisco's core IOS, application software, and acquired software products.

Product Line Analyst

1999 - 2000

Product Line Analyst in charge of Network Access Semiconductor products, managing wafer and back-end production starts based on hard and soft demand.