A little more than 25 years ago, Henry Owsley decided he wanted to go into business for himself. A self-described “entrepreneur at heart,” he left Goldman Sachs, where he was running the firm’s workout group, and ventured off on his own. He set up shop in temporary offices and named his new company Gordian Group. Peter Kaufman joined Gordian Group shortly thereafter and the two of them — Owsley as Chief Executive Officer and Kaufman as President and Head of Restructuring and Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions — have gone on to build one of the leading financial boutique firms in New York City.
