Origin Story
This San Francisco based private equity firm is Evergreen's source of equity and location of the pitch that birthed Evergreen
What is Alpine Investors
These two former Alpine employees launched Evergreen after presenting their idea to leadership in 2017
Who are Jeff Totten and Ramsey Sahyoun
This individual keeps the Evergreen ship afloat as an Executive Assistant, moonlighting as in-house IT, social chair, and event coordinator!
Who is Kristen Shepard
An image of this investing visionary hangs in the office and inspires much of Evergreen's philosophy
Who is Warren Buffet (+200 bonus for Charlie Munger)
This playful acronym is used to describe Evergreen's forward-looking priority
What is "BHAG" (Big Hairy Audacious Goal)
This grove is comprised of ERP partners overseen by Jana Schmidt
What is "Pine"
This avid scooter-er and doting cat mom oversees Evergreen's finance and accounting strategy in their role as Senior VP of Finance
Who is Torie Dalton
These Evergreen OG's are now VPs on the sourcing and investing teams -- bonus points if you can name the third individual who now works at an Evergreen portco!
Who are Sydney Hockett and Shiraz Kazmi -- for +200 bonus: Dylan Lee
This lunch service fuels the team twice a week
What is Forkable
Evergreen HoldCo has employees in these states
What are California, Illinois, Colorado, Ohio, North Carolina, Texas, Florida (partial: +80 for each right, -40 for each wrong)
This document acts as Evergreen's yearly guiding light in pursuit of the notorious BHAG
This individual cultivates Evergreen community all the way from Denver, CO, overseeing Evergreen's people-first initiatives in their role as Chief People Officer
Who is Celeste Ryan
The Evergreen Sourcing Team is comprised of these 12 people
Who is Ramsey, Sydney, Matt, Conor, Sarah, Craig, Terry, Reed, Isobelle, Charlotte, Zaun, and Scott(+20 for each, -10 if wrong)
This bullpen-favorite drink counts Warren Buffett among its main investors
What is Diet Coke? (Bonus: +80 points if they also know the nickname “Doke”)
This 2024 acquisition was Evergreen's first foray 'down under'
What is Lancom? (50% credit for Centrered or Quorum)
CEO of platform company (+ ex-Alpine intern, Evergreen investor) which includes companies that do security cleared work for the US government
Who is Adam Jones?
This ex-teacher, Clemson super-fan, and MSP operator, is the newest addition to the Evergreen leadership team
Who is Tim Burke
Name two Evergreen pets
Who are Fred (Kristen), Stella (Tucker), Mona (Celeste), Tanner (Tara), Demi (Ali)
These colloquial terms were used to describe the office's old floors on Sansome St. and can still be found around our current office
What is "Roots" and "Canopy"
This 2021 acquisition in Toronto, Canada marked Evergreen's first acquisition outside of the US?
What is Starport
This company was ESG's first acquisition, which now sits under EG's flagship grove, Redwood
What is Wolf Consulting
Name all Evergreen Leadership kids
Who are Howie, Jake, Wyatt, Ramsey Sloan, Wesley
This Ohio dad can certainly run faster than you, but he can also account for Evergreens' finances in his day job as Controller
Who is John Federer
Pre-Bevi, this office drink was an Evergreen favorite for years and aspirational acquisition target for past intern classes - bonus points if you can name its chief (but inferior?) rival
What is La Croix (HM: Spindrift for bonus)
On this date, HoldCo moved from its original office space to its current location at 555 Montgomery
What is August 16, 2024