Marques Torbert: 5th Century Partners, Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Marques Torbert is a co-founder and managing partner of 5th Century Partners (“5CP”), a purpose-driven private equity firm that partners with leading lower middle-market companies across healthcare and business services. He has spent time in private equity, as well as building and scaling a lower middle market business as an operator.
Prior to founding 5CP, Marques was the Chairman and CEO of Ametros, a middle market, private equity backed healthcare and insurance services company where he helped scale the company to an eventual 10x+ return of capital over his ten years of involvement and leadership. Prior to Ametros, Marques was an investment professional at Clarion Capital Partners, a middle market private equity firm, and was an investment banker at Lazard Freres where he focused on mergers and acquisitions.
Marques holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Economics from Columbia University. He currently resides in Chicago with his wife, Alli, and twin daughters.