• AP Capital Partners
  

  

  Frantz is Co-founder and Managing Partner of AP Capital Partners (APCP), a private equity firm specializing in the acquisition of middle-market enterprises. Frantz serves on the Board of Directors with his portfolio companies, each a leader in its respective industry.

  www.apcpartners.com
• Venture Philanthropist
  

  

  Frantz is Managing Partner of SeaChange Venture Philanthropy (SCVP), a true innovator in the world of venture philanthropy. SCVP specializes in the placement of Program Related Investment (PRI) dollars from foundations into high potential for-profit companies to the capital gain of not-for-profit beneficiaries.

  www.seachangevp.com
• Clarescale Productions
  

  

  Frantz has carried a passion for film as an artistic medium for decades. ClareScale Productions (CSP) is his brainchild. The company both produces and finances documentary films that advance effective public policy solutions to global crises. CSP targets global audiences as well as private organizations. Frantz manages the company and plays a pivotal role in production and location shooting.

  
  www.clarescaleproductions.com
• The Clarescale Foundation
  

  

  An avid triathlete, Frantz’ commitment to health and well-being as a lifestyle is surpassed only by his dedication to life’s deepest joy — meaningfully, sincere and selfless contribution. As Chairman of The ClareScale Foundation, Frantz joins with a committed band of both professional and amateur triathletes to raise awareness of and funding for world hunger relief efforts.

• The Buyout Game
  

  

  Frantz is co-author of The Buyout Game: Managing the Leap from Your ‘Real’ Job to Your Ideal Entrepreneurial Acquisition, scheduled to hit shelves shortly. As Co-founder and Managing Partner of AP Capital Partners (APCP), Frantz along with his business partner has gone on to acquire and oversees several companies which historically have generated over $1 billion in sales.

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For almost four decades now, I’ve been on a mission to follow a quiet voice within me that time and again has challenged me to build a masterpiece — the life unrecognizable. Over the years, I have come to the most important of several realizations: this life can only be elevated to the level of ‘unrecognizable’ by the presence of special individuals in it — individuals just like you. I am very grateful for the opportunity to connect with you and I welcome you to my site.

Born in the Caribbean to a minister from Panama and a librarian from Jamaica, I was the skinny kid with the funny name well before Barack unknowingly stole that distinction from me! The youngest of five, I spent half of my childhood traveling overseas, due to my father’s missionary work. I saw half the world while still very young. However, we immigrated to Boston which is where I spent my formative years and, to this day, is pretty much where I call home. In my parents’ household, there was room for only three core values — God, family, and education. My parents one way or the other ensured that we were in church virtually every Sunday, that we attended only the best schools, and that we all stuck together as a family. They put my feet on the path of knowledge and for that I am eternally grateful.

The rest, as is the case for all of us, continues to be up to me.

As an avid triathlete, I am a huge proponent of health, fitness, and well-being as a lifestyle. I'm absolutely fanatical about Latin dance, especially Salsa. Professionally, I followed the path that was set in my childhood and traveled very extensively with my work from San Juan and Caracas to Paris and Amsterdam to name a few cities. Today, I'm the co-founder of a successful private equity firm. Our portfolio companies historically have had operations in 14 different countries and continue to positively impact the lives of thousands of individuals worldwide. I am also an author and documentary film producer. I hold a BA from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. I reside in New York City, Orlando, and Costa Rica.

Aside from my core businesses in the world of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), I carry a passion for mentoring and coaching young people, directly tackling the unique challenges that face our youth. I also welcome opportunities to address corporate audiences. To those ends, I hope you will take the time to drop me a line. Here’s to hoping that our paths will cross one day. Until then, make your life a masterpiece!

— Frantz