Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Michael Bleyzer was raised and educated in the Soviet Union, graduating from Kharkiv Institute of Radioelectronics with a master of science in digital electronics and quantum physics. His career took him to Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan before he came to the U.S. in 1978 where he became an American citizen. Mr. Bleyzer then embarked on a career in finance and management, which over 15 years at Exxon and Ernst & Young included a variety of operational, management and executive positions in Texas, Louisiana, and Europe.
Bleyzer co-founded SigmaBleyzer Investment Group, LLC in 1994. Since its founding, SigmaBleyzer has invested primarily in the emerging markets of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. SigmaBleyzer’s approach to private equity investments is operational level value creation, combined with advocacy of the economic reforms in emerging markets provided by The Bleyzer Foundation. With offices in Houston, Kyiv and Kharkiv, SigmaBleyzer has raised and invested approximately $1 billion in over 100 companies in a variety of industry sectors and have realized over 90 exits. SigmaBleyzer’s back office has been located in Houston, Texas since inception in 1994 and provides institutional quality investor relations, accounting, tax and reporting services to over 100 investors in the United States, Europe, Middle East, and South America.
