Caroline Young

Caroline joined HKW in 2001 and is the partner in charge of HKW’s divestitures.  Caroline works closely with the operations team with an eye towards value creation and the eventual portfolio company exit.  In this capacity, Caroline has overseen the successful exit of more than twenty of HKW’s portfolio companies.  In addition, Caroline spends time assisting with the firm’s deal sourcing efforts.

Prior to joining HKW, Caroline practiced law at the Indianapolis law firm of Wooden & McLaughlin, LLP. At Wooden & McLaughlin, Caroline represented corporate defendants in complex commercial litigation, product liability and professional malpractice cases.  Caroline earned her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Vermont, summa cum laude.

Caroline is active with a number of non-profit organizations, including The Children’s TherAplay Foundation and the Providence Cristo Rey High School.  She and her husband Joe live in Indianapolis, but love spending time down on their Brown County property, building trails and hiking in the woods with their dogs (and sometimes with their college-aged son and daughter).