Charlie Saponaro

Charlie Saponaro is an experienced operator and investor with over 25 years of experience growing companies. Currently, Charlie is a partner of Perennial Group, which is a long-term holding company dedicated to buying and building businesses.

Prior to Perennial, Charlie was the owner and CEO of Medical Record Associates (MRA), a healthcare services business he acquired in 2010 via Search Fund. Under his leadership, MRA expanded to over 250 employees across 40 states before being acquired in 2023.

Before MRA, he founded Bartley Capital, a search fund focused on acquiring and operating a single business. Prior to that, he led M&A efforts at ArchivesOne, a private equity-backed Records Management company that completed 35 acquisitions to become the third largest in the industry before its sale to Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM).

Earlier in his career, Charlie was a Vice President at Brook Venture Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm focused on expansion-stage investments. He also worked at Saturn Partners, a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage technology investments, and Boston Capital, a real estate investment and advisory firm specializing in in affordable multifamily housing. Charlie holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Vermont and lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters.