The Cambria Group

The Cambria Group is a private investment company that acquires and invests in small and mid-sized businesses with established operating histories. Its principals founded the firm in 1996 to pursue businesses that are fundamentally attractive but lack both the high-growth profile sought by venture capitalists and the scale required by most fund-based buyout firms.

Paul L. (Lew) Davies III, Managing Principal

Mr. Davies founded The Cambria Group in 1996. He was previously a Principal in the leveraged buyout groups of Brentwood Associates and The Fremont Group, and earlier held operating and financial roles at Bechtel Group and Chevron. He has served on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards, including the Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution and the Advisory Council of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering with distinction and an MBA from Stanford, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.

René Lajous, Principal

Mr. Lajous works in Cambria’s Menlo Park office across origination, financing and portfolio oversight. He was previously a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group and worked in logistics and operations at Procter & Gamble and Pillsbury. He holds a BASc in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the Wharton School.