Steve King
Founding Partner
Investment Team, Education
Joined Prairie: 1997
Steve co-founded Prairie Capital in 1997 and currently serves as a Partner. He focuses on investments in the Education sector. Steve began his career in banking before leading the formation of ANB Mezzanine Corporation. He serves on the Board of Directors of First Busey Corporation (NASDAQ: BUE) and is a past chairman of NASBIC/Small Business Investor Alliance. Steve is also a recipient of the Illinois Venture Capital Association’s Stanley C. Golder Award for lifetime achievement. He is a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow, a Trustee of the Big Shoulders Fund and of Catholic Charities, and a Director at the Academy for Urban School Leadership. Steve received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois, an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a J.D. from Loyola University. He and his wife have four children and live in Wilmette, Illinois.
