Andrew M. Paul

Sopris Capital was established in 2002 by Andrew M. Paul as a vehicle to invest his own capital and that of other partners in exceptional growth companies.  Sopris Capital invests opportunistically in small, emerging companies.  Mr. Paul has been actively engaged in private equity and venture capital investing for approximately 25 years, primarily in the healthcare industry.

In 1984, he joined Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe, a private investment firm that specializes in venture capital/LBO opportunities. During his 16 year tenure at Welsh Carson, he was jointly responsible for healthcare investing and was one of two lead partners for 38 investments in the healthcare industry, serving on the board of directors of 11 companies that successfully completed public offerings. At the time he left the firm in 2000, he had held a position on the Management Committee as a senior executive of the firm, and the firm had grown to an aggregate capital base of approximately $12 billion, which was an 84 times increase in capital over Mr. Paul's tenure with the firm.