2026 Keynote Speaker

Will Thorndike is the founder and Managing Partner of The Cromwell Harbor Partnership, an investment partnership focused on building elite businesses with exceptionally talented CEO’s over the longest possible time horizons. Prior to founding The Cromwell Harbor Partnership, he founded Housatonic Partners, a leading middle market private equity firm that was the first institutional investor in search funds. Mr. Thorndike has served as a director of over 50 companies. He is currently a director (former Chairman) of CNX Resources Corporation, and Perimeter Solutions, Inc. (Co-Chairman) and several private companies including Banyan Software, Chenmark and Evergreen Services Group among others. He is a Partner of Sun Mountain Partners. Mr. Thorndike is the author of The Outsiders, which has been translated into 17 languages and was named by Business Insider as one of “The 25 Best Business Books Ever Published”. He is the co-host of the 50X podcast. Mr. Thorndike holds an A.B. degree from Harvard University and an M.B.A. degree from Stanford University.