ANDREW HOBSON
Partner
Prior to joining Innovatus Capital Partners, Andrew Hobson was a senior financial executive at Univision for over twenty years. His long and successful tenure at Univision began as a member of the three-person team responsible for executing A. Jerrold Perenchio’s leveraged buyout acquisition of Univision from Hallmark Cards in 1992. At varying times during his time at Univision, Mr. Hobson was responsible for financial reporting, tax, treasury, risk management, financial and strategic planning, capital allocation, banking, investor relations, affiliate relations, information technology, procurement, human resources and corporate administration.
While Mr. Hobson formally became CFO in 2005, he was responsible for many traditional CFO activities throughout his career at Univision, including its period as a public company from 1996 through 2007. These duties included mergers and acquisitions, investments, debt and equity capital market transactions, research analyst and investor relations, financial planning and budgeting, treasury and capital allocation.
Over the course of his membership of the senior executive team, Univision’s revenues grew from $180 million to $2.9 billion and EBITDA from $38 million to $1.25 billion. Mr. Hobson managed staffs of as many as 400 employees through up to twelve direct reports. He raised tens of billions in debt and equity financing.
Mr. Hobson has enjoyed a successful career building and leading teams of finance executives that intensely focus on the imperative of value creation while working hand-in-glove with operating executives to selflessly and creatively solve problems, develop and execute on value creating strategies. He has deep experience leading and structuring transactions at various places in capital structures and economic cycles.
Prior to his career with Univision, Mr. Hobson worked for Chartwell Partners, LLC (the private investment company of A. Jerrold Perenchio), and Bankers Trust Company. He received a B.S.E. in both finance and accounting, magna cum laude, from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.