Michael C. Cornell

Mr. Michael C.
Cornell is Co-Founder & Managing Member at Propel Equity Partners.
Prior to co-founding Propel Equity (fromarly konwn as MCC capital partners) in 2008, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Jarden Branded Consumables ("JBC"), a business unit of Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH).
JBC is a group of highly recognized consumer household brands.
As CEO, he was responsible for five major business segments: Loew-Cornell, United States Playing Card Company, The Lehigh Group, First Alert/BRK, and Jarden Home Brands, which includes the Diamond, Ball, Pine Mountain and Java-log brands.
In addition deepening his corporate management and leadership skills at Jarden, he had deep involvement in a series of acquisitions, both in the diligence and integration phases.
Mr. Cornell joined JBC in the sale to Jarden of Loew-Cornell, where Michael served as President, and was part of the family ownership group.
He began his career at Loew-Cornell in 1994 as a Sales Manager, became Executive Vice President in 1998 and acting President in 2000, and was named President in 2004.
He developed his entrepreneurial, leadership and business acumen at Loew-Cornell.
His leadership, innovative marketing programs, channel expansion and re-structuring of the sourcing model helped build Loew-Cornell into a market leader in the arts and crafts supply industry, and created significant equity value for the ownership group which was realized in the sale to Jarden.
Mr. Cornell holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Syracuse University.
He serves on the board of MCC Capital Partners, Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation, HiTouch Business Services, The Jack Martin Fund, and The Max Cure for Pediatric Cancer Fund.