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Chairman and Senior Partner

James W. Harpel


Jim Harpel is a Co-Founder of Two Roads Development responsible for the general oversight of the firm and chairs the Investment Committee for the  Fund. He is the general partner of two separate private equity firms: (a) Palm Beach Capital Partners LLC (General Partner), which invests in, and builds, small and medium sized companies and makes personally direct real estate investments, and (b) First Reserve Corporation (Founder and non-active  General Partner, with Bill Macaulay), which acts as the General Partner of, and has manage a series of private equity funds in excess of $ 20 billion in the  areas of energy, power and natural resources. He has also been involved over many years as a principal in a series of successful private equity deals ranging from leveraged buyouts to venture capital companies.  Mr. Harpel attended Harvard College (1959) and graduated from Harvard Business School in  1960 with distinction.  Mr. Harpel is currently on the Executive Committee of the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. He served on the Board of the Kennedy School at Harvard for  over 40 years and has served as a Director at the Belfer Institute at Kennedy School for over 20 years. He also was a Director and Trustee of the Dana  Farber Cancer Institute Board in Boston.  Mr. Harpel is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, and was a 2019 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of  Honor.

  • Co-Founder of Two Roads Development  
  • Founder and now non-active General Partner for First Reserve Corp., (funds in excess of $20 billion)
  • General Partner of Palm Beach Capital, Director and Consultant to RxAdvance
  • Consultant and shareholder of Codagenix Inc.

Responsibilities

  • Long term strategic  direction for the firm.
  • Oversight of project  commitments &  development problems.

Special Skillsets

  • Building successful private  equity funds and other  businesses.
  • Timely pivoting to  emerging opportunities.