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Aaron Dupuis

Managing Partner at CVC Capital Partners

New York, NY, USA

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Why they matter

As the CVC Managing Partner who steered WWEX Group through its 2026 Thoma Bravo/Auctane combination, he has current, deal-tested visibility into 3PL platform economics and exit dynamics.

Background

Aaron Dupuis is a Managing Partner at CVC Capital Partners on the Technology team, based in New York, where he has worked since 2014 and sits on the Executive Committee of CVC's Catalyst Fund. He previously was a Principal at Serent Capital, a Vice President at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, and held strategy/operating roles at a Berkshire Partners portfolio company. He holds a BA cum laude in Economics from Williams College and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.

Notable deals

  • 2026
    Led CVC's continued backing of WWEX Group (Worldwide Express, GlobalTranz, Unishippers) as Thoma Bravo acquired the 3PL and combined it with Auctane to form a global logistics platform
  • 2024
    Represented CVC as it joined Clayton, Dubilier & Rice as an equal-board investment partner in enterprise software firm Epicor
  • 2020
    Led CVC Growth Partners' ~$200m minority investment in EcoVadis, a global supply-chain sustainability ratings company
  • 2019
    Led CVC Growth Partners' majority investment in Vitech Systems Group, a cloud financial administration software provider

Call-prep brief

Background

  • Managing Partner at CVC Capital Partners, Technology team, New York; with CVC since 2014.
  • Sits on the Executive Committee of CVC's Catalyst Fund; prior roles at Serent Capital, Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe, and Berkshire Partners.
  • BA Williams College (cum laude, Economics), MBA Stanford GSB (Arjay Miller Scholar).

Current Focus

  • CVC's tech-enabled services and software investing across North America, spanning growth equity to buyouts.
  • Most recently steered WWEX Group (Worldwide Express, GlobalTranz, Unishippers) through its March 2026 sale/combination with Auctane under Thoma Bravo, where CVC rolled over equity and retained a minority stake.
  • Also active on the Epicor board following CVC's 2024 partnership with CD&R.

What They Care About

  • Platform consolidation and technology-enabled scale in fragmented services sectors (logistics, software).
  • Recurring-revenue, franchise/agent-channel business models (WWEX's direct + franchise + agent sales structure).
  • Governance and board partnership dynamics in club/consortium deals.

Recent Moves

  • WWEX Group / Thoma Bravo-Auctane combination announced March 2026 — CVC retained a minority rollover position rather than fully exiting.
  • Epicor board seat since CVC-CD&R partnership closed Q4 2024.

Potential Sensitivities

  • CVC is a minority, not control, holder in the post-close WWEX/Auctane entity — his influence over the combined company's freight/3PL strategy may now be limited.
  • As an active investor/board member, he may be constrained from discussing competitor deal specifics or non-public WWEX/Epicor performance data.

Questions to Ask

  1. What underwriting assumptions made WWEX Group's franchise/agent-based freight brokerage model attractive versus asset-based 3PL peers?
  2. Now that CVC holds a minority rollover stake in the combined WWEX-Auctane platform, how is he thinking about further consolidation or bolt-on M&A in freight tech?
  3. What lessons from the Epicor (software) and WWEX (logistics) deals inform how CVC evaluates tech-enablement as a value-creation lever in services businesses?

Outreach draft

Subject
Your view on WWEX/Auctane and 3PL consolidation
Hi Aaron, I'm reaching out from [FIRM NAME] — we're doing diligence on the freight brokerage / 3PL landscape and your work leading CVC's position through the WWEX Group and Auctane combination stood out as directly relevant. We'd value 30 minutes to hear your perspective on where consolidation in freight tech and logistics platforms goes from here, and what separates durable franchise/agent-model brokerages from the pack. Happy to work around your schedule, and can share more on what we're evaluating ahead of the call. Would you be open to a short conversation in the next couple of weeks? Best, [YOUR NAME]

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