William Susman

Billy Susman is a Managing Director in Cascadia’s Consumer, Retail & E-Commerce practice. Prior to Cascadia, he was the founder of Threadstone Capital a New York based boutique investment bank focused on the consumer and retail sectors. Threadstone Capital closed $5.0 billon in transaction value since inception in 2011. Billy has also worked at Salomon Brothers, Merrill Lynch and served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Financo.

In January of 2024, Billy sold Threadstone to Cascadia Capital and merged his team’s operations onto the Cascadia platform. Mr. Susman serves as a Managing Director in Cascadia’s New York office and a senior member of the Consumer, Retail and E-Commerce group.

Over nearly 30 years of advising clients, Mr. Susman has completed transactions for Collective Brands, Jones, Kellwood, Li & Fung, Nike, Nordstrom’s, Pacific Sunwear, Spencer’s Holdings and Wolverine. Additionally, he has maintained deep relationships with key industry private equity clients including Angelo Gordon, Apax, Apollo, Goode Partners, Gordon Brothers, Irving Place Capital, LNK Partners, Sun Capital, and Texas Pacific Group.

Billy received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School at Northwestern.