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
The Evergreen Sourcing Team is comprised of these 11 people
Who is Ramsey, Sydney, Matt, Katie, Conor, Sarah, Craig, Terry, Reed, Isobelle and James (+20 for each, -10 if wrong)
These colloquial terms are used to describe the office's first and fourth floors
What is "Roots" and "Canopy"
This playful acronym is used to describe Evergreen's forward-looking priority
What is "BHAG" (Big Hairy Audacious Goal)
This document acts as Evergreen's yearly guiding light in pursuit of the notorious BHAG
This individual not only helps oversee Evergreen's ops function, but also resides as the office's reigning foosball champion
Who is Brad Wittwer
These Evergreen OG's are now accomplished 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 casual lunch spot is an Evergreen staple and named after a notorious Italian crime family
What is Gambino's
This 2024 acquisition was Evergreen's first foray 'down under'
What is Lancom? (50% credit for Centrered or Quorum)
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 VP of Finance
Who is Torie Dalton
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 lower level of the office and inspires much of Evergreen's philosophy
Who is Warren Buffet (+200 bonus for Charlie Munger)
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)
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 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
Name two Evergreen pets
Who are Fred (Kristen), Winnie (Katie), Miko (Torie), Stella (Tucker), Mona (Celeste), Tanner (Tara), Demi (Ali)
This frequently used adjective describes the feeling of excitement one has for a deal or project
What is "fired up" (HM: Let's Go!)
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
This ex-teacher, Clemson super-fan, and MSP operator, is the newest addition to the Evergreen leadership team
Who is Tim Burke
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
This office drink has been 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 expanded from just one floor to two floors of office space at 832 Sansome
What is December 1, 2022