75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street
October 2006
Black Enterprise
Wendell McCain
Managing Partner
Parish Capital Advisors, LLP
Chapel Hill, NC
Age: 36
Bottom Line: McCain is recognized as a leader among emerging private equity managers. He has spent the last ten years focused on alternate asset classes. In his current position he seeks not only to create wealth among institutional investors but to ultimately influence public policy decisions. The 2005 Eisenhower Fellow went to China to learn firsthand about the country’s economy. Prior to founding Parish Capital, McCain served as vice president of BancBoston Ventures, where his group managed a $600 million diversified private equity portfolio.