Erik Bloom is a Partner of Goense & Company, responsible primarily for completing new investments. Mr. Bloom began his private equity career in 1991 and has been working with John Goense since 1996, playing a key role at both Allstate and Goense Bounds.

Mr. Bloom began his private equity career at Continental Illinois Venture Corporation (“CIVC”), a $300 million middle market private equity group at Bank of America, from 1991 to 1995. During 1996, he was a management consultant in the London office of Bain & Company. He joined Allstate Private Equity in 1996, working with John Goense on the restructuring of the previous portfolio and, primarily, concentrating on new investments. He co-founded Goense Bounds in 2000 and has had increasing responsibility for sourcing, closing and managing investments since that time. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of numerous portfolio companies, currently including U.S. Builder Services and Crosscom National.

Mr. Bloom graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA degree in Economics and Business Administration from Vanderbilt University and earned an MBA and was a Palmer Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.

Contact Information

ewb@goense.com
(312) 870-9511