Who we are

Culture and careers

GEM’s culture empowers exceptionally talented individuals to grow in their careers.

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Life at GEM

GEM employees are creative and driven. We demand excellence and provide the resources to enable your best work. Our benefits package is designed to support a healthy, productive, and engaged lifestyle with a comfortable work-life balance.

Your ideas have impact

At GEM, you’re encouraged to voice your opinion, ask questions, and offer solutions. We believe this intellectual openness draws out the best ideas.

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Belonging

We believe the best teams are comprised of individuals who feel free to be themselves. We celebrate individual identity, strengths, interests, and experience, and work hard to create an environment where people of all backgrounds can thrive.

Culture with a cause

Service is a celebrated part of our culture. We support our clients’ causes and our employees’ passions with in-house and community volunteer opportunities. Employees can participate in GEM’s Community Outreach Committee or the GEM Foundation, an employee-led group that makes philanthropic grants to Charlotte-based nonprofits. We also hold firm-wide volunteer events each year and provide additional small group volunteer opportunities.

Generation2080™

Recent GEM Foundation grant recipients include Generation2080, a Charlotte-based nonprofit committed to reversing generational poverty. The Foundation’s multiyear curriculum provides community members with comprehensive education on saving, investing, home ownership, and more.

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Your next job

Please apply if you are eager to build a career at GEM. We look forward to hearing from you.

Recent Insights

GEM 2026 Investment Policy Review

Three years after our last Investment Policy review, the regime has shifted: higher rates, sticky inflation, and a positive stock-bond correlation. In this conversation, GEM’s CIO Matt Bank revisits not just capital market assumptions but the framework itself, from methodology to implementation and risk management.

GEM Closes Inaugural Seed & Micro Venture Fund at $82 Million

The firm announced the final close of GEM Seed & Micro Venture Fund, LP. The Fund closed with $82 million in commitments—exceeding its hard cap and fundraising target—and marks GEM's first vehicle focused specifically on seed- and micro-stage venture capital.

Independent sponsors are beating the buyout funds

Kelly Barofsky, a Managing Director in GEM’s Investment Research Group, spoke with PitchBook about the continued momentum behind independent sponsors and why deal-by-deal structures can create strong alignment between sponsors and investors.

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