Eric Glover

Builder. Strategist. Storyteller.

For more than four decades, Eric Glover has been the calm in the storm—the leader companies call when the wheels are coming off, the clock is ticking, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.

A former CEO, CFO, and President with deep operating experience, Eric now serves as Managing Director at Areté Capital Partners, where he advises boards, sponsors, and lenders through turnarounds, restructurings, and high-stakes transitions. His leadership portfolio spans 30+ boards and a dozen C-suite roles across industries—from private equity platforms to public companies to privately held icons like Le Creuset and LifeWay.

But long before he ever stepped into a boardroom, Eric learned the fundamentals of grit, clarity, and resilience in the chat piles of Picher, Oklahoma—a place that no longer exists, but shaped everything that followed.

Now, in addition to his work at Areté, Eric is writing and speaking more publicly—sharing stories from his memoir, Barefoot and Bulletproof: The Dirty Little Glover Boys, and launching the ROAR Movement, a platform dedicated to memory, leadership, and legacy.

Credentials at a Glance:

  • 40+ years leading public, private, and sponsor-backed companies

  • Former CEO, President, COO, and CFO

  • 30+ board seats across media, healthcare, retail, manufacturing & more

  • MBA in Finance from the University of Connecticut

  • CPA (inactive)

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