Aaron Gold

Managing Director, Argo Infrastructure Partners

Aaron is a private equity and corporate finance professional with over 24 years of experience in infrastructure private equity, investment banking and infrastructure fund operations and administration. Aaron holds a senior leadership role at Argo Infrastructure Partners and is a member of the Investment Committee. 

Prior to joining Argo in 2013, Aaron served as a Principal at Carlyle Infrastructure Partners, The Carlyle Group’s $1.1 billion global infrastructure fund. In this role, he led the team’s efforts to originate, structure and negotiate acquisitions, financings and public-private partnerships in energy (power generation, pipelines, storage/terminals), transportation (seaports, rail, intermodal, parking, roads) and water and waste management globally. Prior to joining Carlyle, Aaron was a Managing Director at Highstar Capital (now Oaktree Infrastructure), an infrastructure private equity firm managing over $4.7 billion. During his ten years at Highstar, he originated, structured, and negotiated acquisitions, financings and divestitures in energy, such as Highstar’s successful investment in Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, as well as transportation (logistics, toll systems, asset-tracking technologies, seaports, airports) and water and waste management investments, principally in North America.  He has served on several boards, held an interim CFO position at a Highstar portfolio company and, alongside his investment responsibilities, was Highstar’s Chief Administrative Officer during the final two years of his tenure.  

Prior to Highstar, Aaron was a Director of Corporate Development at Primedia Corporation’s online subsidiary, an M&A Associate at Patricof & Co. Capital and an Analyst at Bear Stearns. 

Aaron holds an AB in Politics from Princeton University and an MBA from New York University.