Company · Finance · Manufacturing · Business Services · founded 1994
Madison Industries
Chicago holding company run by Larry Gies. Forbes traces it to Madison Capital Partners, started in 1994, and says it became a long-term holding company around 2012.
Includes Madison Air.
Of the 1 person here linked to Madison Industries, 1 is a founder and 1 is still there. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.
Description and founding year: forbesargentina.com. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.
1 person at Madison Industries
Founder Still there
Role
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, 1994–now
Source
· high confidence. Forbes, last updated September 15, 2026, says he founded and leads the Chicago-based firm and started Madison Capital Partners in 1994. Forbes Argentina says the holding company form dates to about 2012.
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Larry Gies
Founder and CEO of Madison Industries, a Chicago-area private holding company; chairman of Madison Air, which went public in 2026
working-class to middle (inferred) · some · graduate degree