Biography

Mr. Nelson is executive chairman and founder of Providence Equity Partners, the world’s leading private equity firm focused on media, communications, education and information investments.

Mr. Nelson has been a private equity investor for 38 years. He founded Providence in 1989. Previously, he was a managing director of Narragansett Capital, Inc. which he joined in 1983. At Narragansett Capital, Mr. Nelson specialized in private equity investments in media. Mr. Nelson received a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School in 1983 and a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in 1977. He is a trustee of Brown University, The Rockefeller University and Institute for Advanced Study. He is a member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard Business School.