RCP Advisors Names Mason Wells 2025 Manager of the Year
RCP Advisors has selected Mason Wells as its 2025 Manager of the Year. Mason Wells is a Milwaukee based, Midwest focused private equity firm founded in 1998 that has raised approximately $2.4 billion across five independent buyout funds. Mason Wells is currently investing out of Mason Wells Buyout Fund V, LP, a $767 million fund, which commenced in 2021. The firm partners with founders, families, and management teams of primarily Midwestern businesses with a deep focus in four industry sectors: consumer packaged goods, engineered products and services, outsourced business services, and packaging materials. Mason Wells emphasizes long term relationships, operational support, and a people first approach to investing.
The recognition reflects the firm’s consistent discipline, collaborative style, and historically well executed realizations. Mason Wells is known for its steady investment approach, focus on operational fundamentals, and commitment to supporting management teams in building durable, well positioned businesses—qualities that have contributed to its long standing partnerships with investors and portfolio companies.
RCP Advisors is an investor in multiple Mason Wells funds and is highlighting the firm’s thoughtful, relationship driven investment philosophy as strongly aligned with the objectives of long term limited partners.
Our 15-year relationship with Mason Wells has been defined by both performance and true partnership. Their disciplined investment approach and authentic commitment to supporting management teams closely align with the values we seek in long-term relationships. We are proud to recognize Mason Wells as our 2025 Manager of the Year.
Jon Madorsky, Managing Partner, RCP Advisors
2025 Exit Spotlight
In July 2025, Mason Wells Buyout Fund IV, LP sold Structural Concepts Corporation (SCC) to Hoshizaki USA Holdings, Inc. after a seven-year investment. Mason Wells acquired SCC from the Doss family in 2018 and invested significantly in new facilities, equipment, and the management team to position the company as a market-leading provider in SCC’s foodservice and supermarket end-markets. SCC designs, engineers, and manufactures temperature‑controlled merchandisers, including self‑contained and remote refrigerated cases, hot cases, and grab‑and‑go solutions, that help customers present fresh food attractively while saving energy, extending product life, and reducing operating costs.
About RCP Advisors
Founded in 2001, RCP Advisors, a strategy of Ridgepost Capital (NYSE: RPC), is a private equity investment firm that provides access to North American small buyout fund managers through primary, secondary, and co-investment funds, as well as customized solutions and research services. RCP believes it is one of the largest fund sponsors focused on this niche, with over $18.7 billion in committed capital* and 58 full-time professionals as of December 31, 2025.
Past performance does not predict, and is not a guarantee of, future results. This announcement may not be relied on in any manner as, legal, tax or investment advice or as an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy an interest in any investment sponsored by RCP or Mason Wells or be construed as an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or investment products. All investments involve risk, including the potential loss of principal. References to investment performance reflect individual portfolio company performance and do not necessarily represent a funds overall performance. No assurance can be given that any investment will achieve similar results. *“Committed capital” primarily reflects the capital commitments associated with our SMAs, focused commingled funds and advisory accounts advised by RCP since the firm’s inception in 2001 (including funds that have since been sold, dissolved, or wound down and certain historical advisory accounts for which RCP’s advisory contracts have expired). We include capital commitments in our calculation of committed capital if (a) we have full discretion over the investment decisions in an account or have responsibility or custody of assets or (b) we do not have full discretion to make investment decisions but play a role in advising the client on asset allocation, performing investment manager due diligence and recommending investments for the client’s portfolio and/or monitoring and reporting on their investments. For our discretionary SMAs and commingled funds, as well as for our non-discretionary advisory accounts for which RCP is responsible for advising on all investments within the client’s portfolio, committed capital is calculated based on aggregate capital commitments to such accounts. For non-discretionary accounts where RCP is responsible for advising only a portion of the client portfolio investments, committed capital is calculated as capital commitments by the client to those underlying investments which were made based on RCP’s recommendation or with respect to which RCP advises the client. Committed capital does not include (i) certain historical non-discretionary advisory accounts no longer under advisement by RCP, (ii) assets managed or advised by the Private Capital Unit, or by the HB Unit which are independent business lines of RCP 2, (iii) capital commitments to funds managed or sponsored by RCP’s affiliated (but independently operated) management companies (including, without limitation, Five Points, TrueBridge, Enhanced, Westech and Qualitas), and (iv) RCP’s ancillary products or services.