James A Long

Bio

James A. Long has more than 30 years of successful experience in identifying, acquiring and building businesses. Prior to joining First Atlantic in 1991, Mr. Long was an Executive Vice President and a member of the Executive and Operating Committees of Primerica Corporation (formerly American Can Company), where he worked from 1975 to 1989. Mr. Long was a key member of the team that restructured Primerica from a capital intensive, manufacturing concern into a dynamic financial services and specialty retailing organization. He had significant responsibility for identifying and implementing over 80 acquisitions and divestitures with an aggregate value in excess of $6 billion. From 1970 to 1975, Mr. Long was Director of Acquisitions for The Sperry and Hutchinson Company. Mr. Long holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Graduate School of Business and a B.A. from Dartmouth College.