2024 Event Details
April 17, 2024 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Ifshin Hall Keller Room featuring Chuck Davis ’72.
This event is open to all UVM students. GSB students are highly encouraged to attend and will receive PEAKS points.
About Chuck Davis '72
Chuck Davis is a founder, the Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Stone Point Capital, an investment firm based in Greenwich, CT, with over $50 billion of assets under management. Stone Point targets investments in companies in the global financial services industry and related sectors. The firm invests in a number of alternative asset classes, including private equity through its flagship Trident Funds. Stone Point also manages both liquid and private credit funds and managed accounts. In addition, Stone Point Capital Markets supports the firm, portfolio companies and other clients by providing dedicated financing solutions.
Before joining Stone Point in 1998, Mr. Davis was with Goldman Sachs & Co. for 23 years where he served as Head of Investment Banking Services worldwide, Co‐Head of the Americas Group, Head of the Financial Services Industry Group, a member of the International Executive Committee and a General Partner.
A Vermont native, Chuck was born and raised in Burlington and attended UVM where he was a two sport All Conference athlete and an inductee in the UVM Athletic Hall of Fame. After graduating, Chuck has continued to support UVM by providing funding for the Dudley H. Davis Center and serving as a university trustee from 1996-2002. Like his father Dudley, Chuck has backed many Vermont businesses including Beta Technologies, Polly, Benchmark Space Systems, CoreMap Medical, and Greensea Systems. From 1985-2008 he served as board director of Merchants Bank (now Community Bank) and is still a major shareholder.
Mr. Davis is a member of the Board of Directors of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited and The Progressive Corporation. He is a former Chairman and former lead Director of the Hershey Company Board of Directors. Mr. Davis is also a current or former director of several portfolio companies of the Trident Funds, as well as several other publicly traded companies, including Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., Merchants Bancshares, Inc. and USLIFE Corporation. In 2018, Mr. Davis was selected as one of the Financial Times “2018 Outstanding Directors.” He is also a Founder and Co‐Chairman of the Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation. Mr. Davis is a former member of the Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank, the Board of Overseers for the St. John’s University School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science, the Board of Trustees of the University of Vermont, St. Michael’s College and The Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, CT. Chuck is a frequent guest lecturer at several institutions, including Columbia, NYU, Harvard, St John's and SMU.
Chuck and his family spend meaningful time in Shelburne and are actively involved in the Shelburne Museum and the greater Burlington community.