Chuck Griege
Chuck Griege is the founding partner and Chief Investment Officer of Blue Lion Capital (BLC). He has over thirty years of experience in the capital markets and has been investing in bank stocks since 1986. Chuck launched Blue Lion Capitals Bank Consolidation Fund in April 2011 to capitalize on the significant change in the banking industry following the financial crisis. In addition, Chuck was a founding partner of the CLO Opportunity Fund in 2009. Prior to founding BLC in 2005, Chuck was a partner at Atlas Capital Management, a long/short equity fund. During his four years at Atlas, Chuck helped grow the firm from approximately $50 million in assets to $650 million. Prior to joining Atlas, Chuck spent six years in investment banking, most recently as a Managing Director at SoundView Technology Group. Prior to attending business school, Chuck spent three years working at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas. It was during this period that Chuck worked closely with savings banks in the most troubled region of the U.S. and witnessed the creation of the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) to dispose of the assets of failed banks and thrifts. Chuck received an M.B.A. with honors from Columbia Business School in 1990 and a B.A degree from Vanderbilt University in 1985.