Robert Price
LGNA Partner and President
Robert Price is a Partner and the President of LGNA, bringing a solid track record of scaling firms across the medical, distribution, and mission-critical engineering sectors. He began his career in the medical products industry before launching his entrepreneurial journey by founding a health and wellness chain in Kansas City, which he grew to seven locations and successfully sold to private investors. Following this, he served as Vice President at the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS), assisting DARPA-funded collaborative R&D programs for major corporations like Ford, GM, and IBM. He later founded the Meridian Group, a strategic planning and marketing advisory firm for early-stage high-tech companies, while also consulting for the Missouri Governor's economic development commission.
In 2002, Mr. Price led an investment group to acquire a major wholesale automotive equipment distributor, serving as CEO and Chairperson. After scaling the company into an industry leader, it was successfully sold to Bain Capital in 2006—a chapter during which he also served on the SEMA Board of Directors, founded the SEMA Education Institute (SEI), and was named Aftermarket Educator of the Year by Northwood University. Most recently, from 2011 until his retirement in 2023, he invested in and served as COO and CSO of a technology company providing mission-critical test solutions for the aerospace, national security, and medical sectors. Robert holds a BS in Psychology from Loyola University of Chicago and completed graduate coursework in Marketing/Communications at the University of Michigan.