Jeff Kadlic

About

Jeff Kadlic is the Founding Partner of Evolution Capital Partners, the award-winning and nationally recognized private equity firm dedicated to driving small business transformational success. His passion is simple; arm and inspire founders and business owners with operational leadership, capital management, and success drivers that competitive markets demand. He is the creator of Evolution PRO℠, the systematic organizational change agent that transforms the challenges small businesses face into sustainable and profitable growth.

As an industry bellwether, Jeff Kadlic drives entrepreneurial excellence and success outcomes. Evolution Capital Partners is the recipient of the 2014 Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Deal Makers Award.   Ernst & Young named Jeff Kadlic as a 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year finalist. Evolution Capital Partners is the 2013 recipient of Inc. Magazine 500 Award, featuring it as one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S.  In 2009 Jeff was the recipient of Cleveland Crain’s Business 40 Under 40 as one of Ohio’s leading business professionals. Jeff is a national speaker and published writer across leading industry initiatives, including micro-markets, micro-buyouts, entrepreneurial business strategy, and organizational transformation.  He co-hosted the radio show dedicated to best practices impacting the entrepreneurial community. 

Prior to forming Evolution Capital Partners, Jeff executed complex investments within large institutional settings for over ten years. Collectively, his varied institutional investing experience laid the foundational experiences and market knowledge required to be successful across the competitive investment landscape of today. Jeff earned his Master of Management Studies degree from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Miami University (Ohio).

Jeff is a dedicated steward for his community and philanthropic organizations. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the John W. Altman Institute for Entrepreneurship at Miami University and the Miami University’s Parent Council. He served as philanthropic board president for the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes and remained an active Board Member for nine years until 2019. Jeff was also named Chairman of the Miami University Cleveland Development Board in 2015. Jeff calls Cleveland, Ohio home, where he lives with his wife and four children.