Michael Borofsky is a dynamic private equity and family office executive with three decades of extensive experience in private equity, venture capital, law and strategic leadership. During his career, Michael has helped drive transformative change in private equity, large public and private companies and high growth start-ups. He would bring to a public company board his unique blend of complex problem solving, strategic vision and hands-on execution as well as deep operating experience, experience executing mergers and acquisitions, and board experience with public and private companies.

Michael is the founder of Mithrandir Ventures, a diversified family office with investments in healthcare, software, gaming and climate tech. Previously, he was a Member of the Management and Investment Committees and was General Counsel at Gryphon Investors, a $10B middle market private equity fund, with 36 controlled portfolio companies across five industry sectors: consumer, healthcare, software, industrial growth and business services. Prior to Gryphon, he was the Chief Operating and Strategy Officer of the Pohlad Companies, a holding company with a diverse group of operating businesses, including the Minnesota Twins, Par Systems, United Properties, Carousel Motors and Northmarq Capital. Michael also spent nearly twenty years as a senior executive at MacAndrews & Forbes, Ronald O. Perelman’s investment vehicle, with interests in consumer products, defense, media and entertainment, gaming, financial services, biotechnology and food products. Prior to MacAndrews, Michael was counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he specialized in mergers & acquisitions, and an analyst at Goldman Sachs. Michael holds a B.A. with Honors from Yale University and was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar at Columbia University School of Law.