William Spell
William "Bill" Spell is an American investor and entrepreneur. He is the founder and president of Spell Capital Partners and the Spell Family Office. Spell Capital is based in Minnesota and has a 35 year history of investing in private equity, specializing in industrial manufacturing transactions. Since 2018, the firm has invested on behalf of the Spell Family Office which has assets under management (AUM) of $900 Million. Spell started his career as an investment banker, working for a Midwest-based regional investment bank. During 1988 when he left to found Spell Capital Partners, he was Director of the corporate finance group. The majority of Spell's career has been spent in private equity buyouts, mergers and acquisitions. Together with his wife, Tiki, they are the founders of Spell Estate winery in Sonoma, California. Spell has also been involved with numerous charitable and philanthropic activities, including the Spell Family Foundation. Early life Bill was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in Golden Valley, Minnesota. The Spell family (Speliopoulos) emigrated to the United States from the Peloponnese region of Greece at the turn of the twentieth century. His father was a United States Naval officer during World War II and the Korean