Joe Pellegrini, Managing Director

Role at Baird

Joe Pellegrini is a Managing Director in Baird’s Global Consumer Investment Banking Group. Based in Charlotte, Joe specializes in Active Lifestyles, Fitness & Mobility, Performance & Lifestyle Apparel and Footwear, Outdoor Recreation & Sporting Goods and Sportsman. View our recent Consumer transactions.

Professional Experience & Education

Joe joined Baird in 2008 and focuses on Equity and M&A advisory services in the Consumer sector, with a particular focus in the performance sports, outdoor, fitness and wellness categories. Since 1989, Joe has held multiple senior leadership positions on Wall Street and executed numerous high-profile investment banking transactions for many of the industry-leading category creators, including Under Armour, North Face, VF Corporation, Lululemon, Beachbody, ON Running, Easton Sporting Goods, Callaway Golf, Wahoo, Canyon, Oakley Sunglasses, Riddell and Performance Health.

Prior to entering the investment banking industry, Joe spent seven years in the NFL, playing as a starter for the New York Jets and the Atlanta Falcons.

Joe received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and an MBA in finance from Columbia University.

Outside the Office

Joe currently Chairs the Fundraising Committee at Outdoor Foundation / Thrive, the philanthropic arm of the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), and he has sat on the board of several company boards, including Yeti (1994-1999) and Volant Ski (1996-1999).