
Co President
Howard Mandel is Co-President of Peppertree Capital Management, Inc. Peppertree was formed in 2004 and is currently investing out of its tenth private equity fund and an evergreen debt fund. Peppertree has more than $6.25B under management and has made more than 145 investments in communication infrastructure companies in 14 countries.
Prior to forming Peppertree, Howard was a partner with Tregan Partners which sponsored a number of the Sprint affiliates. In 1997, Howard was a co-founder of OmniAmerica, Inc., one of the first publicly-held tower companies.
Prior to the formation of OmniAmerica, he spent more than ten years as a transactional attorney with Thompson Hine LLP, the latter years as a partner. Howard earned his BS degree from The Ohio State University and his JD from Cornell Law School.