About George:

4787GeorgeKollitidesByAlexKaplan[19].png

George K. Kollitides, II

George Kollitides is an American private equity and business executive with a focus on Defense and Industrials, Technology and Telecom, Critical Metals, Minerals and Mining.

Mr. Kollitides has over 35 years of transaction, strategy and operations experience investing in and operating companies undergoing organic growth, consolidation, ownership transitions, operational challenges or other catalysts requiring capital and sophisticated partners. An experienced executive, he has served as a CEO, Chairman, Lead Director or Director on public, private and non-profit boards, including as a member or Chairman of Compensation and Audit Committees helping companies scale and professionalize.

Until December 2024, Mr. Kollitides served as a senior executive at the leading private equity firm Alvarez & Marsal Capital, where he was a partner and member of the Investment and Compliance Committees within Alvarez & Marsal Capital Opportunities (“AMCO”), the fund’s lower middle-market growth strategy.

Prior to joining AMCO, Mr. Kollitides was Chairman and CEO of the Remington Outdoor Company (“ROC”), a global defense, law enforcement and consumer manufacturing company developed by acquiring and consolidating over twenty businesses. Prior to ROC, Mr. Kollitides was a Head of Defense at Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., one of the world’s largest investment managers, where he invested in middle-market private equity and debt.

Mr. Kollitides started his career at GE, where he was Six Sigma trained and where he held a variety of positions in the Leveraged Finance, Restructuring and Private Equity Groups.

Mr. Kollitides is an active member of the Young Presidents Gold Organization (YPO Gold) and Chief Executive Organization (CEO).

Mr. Kollitides holds an MBA in Finance and Management of Organizations from Columbia Business School and a BA in Economics with a Minor in Government and Law from Lafayette College.