Chuck Davis ’67

CEO and Chairman of the Investment Committee at Stone Point Capital

The 15th annual boston business leaders luncheon event

On April 20, 2023, Govs was pleased to host a special event with Chuck Davis '67, a leading expert on private equity and the CEO of Stone Point Capital.

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone,” said Chuck Davis ‘67, kicking off his presentation at The Governor’s Academy’s fifteenth annual Boston Business Leaders Luncheon. A self-professed “late bloomer,” Davis, now a 50-year finance veteran and leading expert on private equity, shared a candid look at his early struggles and rise to success as a financial analyst...read more

About the Boston Business Leaders Luncheon

Now in its fifteenth year, the Boston Business Leader's Luncheon serves to connect alumni, parents, and friends within the Boston business community, and provides an opportunity for networking and continued education.

Past event speakers have included David Homa of the Harvard Business School Digital Initiative, Derek Falvey '01, President of Baseball Operations, Minnesota Twins, Tom DiNanno '85, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Defence Policy, Emerging Threats and Outreach; Eric Rosengren, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; Bill Dwyer P'15, Former President of National Sales at LPL Financial, LLC; Meredith McPherron '85, Director of the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School; Diane Hessan, CEO of Startup Institute and Chairman of Communispace; Akhil Nigam, Founder of MassChallenge, Inc.; Todd Dagres '78, Founder and General Partner of Spark Capital; Charlie Baker P'16, Massachusetts Governor and healthcare expert; and Dr. Burton G. Malkiel, Chemical Bank Chairman’s Professor of Economics at Princeton University.

Committee Listing

Committee Chair James Rudolph '68, P'05,'12, Rudolph Friedmann, LLP
Bill Alfond '67
Deborah Barry '95, First Republic Bank
Richard Kelleher P'99, '01, Pyramid Hotel Group LLC
Paul Nardone '86, P'19, Hippeas Snacks
Archie Seale '93, VMware

CHUCK DAVIS ’67

Charles A. Davis is the CEO of Stone Point Capital LLC, a private equity firm with over $45 billion of assets under management, that focuses on investments in the global financial services industry.

Davis has over 50 years of experience in the industry, including 23 years at Goldman Sachs where he held several senior leadership positions culminating in serving as Head of Investment Banking Services Worldwide. Davis currently serves as a director of AXIS Capital Holdings and The Progressive Corporation. Davis sat on The Hershey Company Board of Directors for 14 years, including serving as the company’s chairman.

Davis is also the founder and director of the Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation. He has been recognized as one of the Financial Times "2018 Outstanding Directors." A 1967 graduate of Governor Dummer Academy, Davis is also a graduate of University of Vermont, where he was a two sport All Conference athlete and an inductee in the UVM Athletic Hall of Fame. Davis holds an MBA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, where he was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma, the academic honor society.