CHICAGO — Joe Campolo, co-founder and retired vice chair of Arbor Investments, died peacefully at his Winnetka, IL home following a battle with brain cancer on Oct. 24. He was 54 years old.
“We are all heartbroken,” shared Gregory J. Purcell, CEO and co-founder of Arbor. “Joe and I were extraordinarily lucky to participate in this fantastic private equity industry together for more than two decades having worked together at American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago in our 20s. We traveled the country together running down food deals and enjoyed a phenomenal run as partners, and more importantly, as friends. As I reflect back, Arbor has evolved so much from the early days of Joe, me and a fax machine when we started in 1999.”