Polar Star Capital Partners is a private equity general partnership founded and managed by James Winder, who brings together the resources of family offices and various investment groups. Polar Star seeks to provide collaborative longer-term capital that is supportive of management initiatives and aligned with the philosophies of longer-term investors. We tailor our level of involvement in our investments to that required, and are equally comfortable acting as a strategic sounding board or by offering additional resources to the management team. 

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Polar Star has cultivated significant institutional knowledge of several sectors, and has experience in a broad range of industries. Recently, Polar Star Capital Partners acquired a controlling interest in Meridian Restaurants Unlimited, a 126 restaurant franchisee and the 6th largest in the North American Burger King network. James currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of Meridian. PRESS

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James previously served on the board of directors of EPIS, a service provider in the utilities industry and a former investment fully attributed to James. James led all aspects of the EPIS acquisition and investment, which generated a gross annual IRR of 103%.