
Chuck Davis is a founder, the Chairman, and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Stone Point Capital, an investment firm based in Greenwich, CT, with over $50 billion of assets under management. Stone Point targets investments in companies in the global financial services industry and related sectors. The firm invests in a number of alternative asset classes, including private equity through its flagship Trident Funds. Stone Point also manages both liquid and private credit funds and managed accounts. In addition, Stone Point Capital Markets supports the firm, portfolio companies and other clients by providing dedicated financing solutions.
Before joining Stone Point in 1998, Chuck was with Goldman Sachs & Co. for 23 years where he served as Head of Investment Banking Services worldwide, Co-Head of the Americas Group, Head of the Financial Services Industry Group, a member of the International Executive Committee and a General Partner.
A Vermont native, Chuck was born and raised in Burlington and attended UVM (after spending his first two years at Middlebury) where he was a two sport All Conference athlete and an inductee in the UVM Athletic Hall of Fame. After graduating, Chuck has continued to support UVM by providing funding for the Dudley H. Davis Center and serving as a university trustee from 1996-2002. Like his father Dudley, Chuck has backed many Vermont businesses including Beta Technologies, where he is the Chairman. From 1985-2008 he served as board director of Merchants Bank (now Community Bank) and is still a major shareholder.
Chuck is a member of the Board of Directors of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited and The Progressive Corporation. He is a former Chairman and former lead Director of the Hershey Company Board of Directors. Mr. Davis is also a current or former director of several portfolio companies of the Trident Funds, as well as several other publicly traded companies, including Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., Merchants Bancshares, Inc. and USLIFE Corporation. In 2018, Mr. Davis was selected as one of the Financial Times “2018 Outstanding Directors.” He is also a Founder and Co-Chairman of the Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation. Mr. Davis is a former member of the Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank, the Board of Overseers for the Greenberg School of Risk Management at St. John’s University, the Board of Trustees of the University of Vermont, St. Michael’s College and The Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, CT. Chuck is a frequent guest lecturer at several institutions, including Columbia, NYU, Harvard, St John's and SMU.
Chuck and his family spend meaningful time in Shelburne and are actively involved in the Shelburne Museum and the greater Burlington community.