Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-01-13
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001493152-25-001958
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Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-01-13
Form: S-1/A
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2020. From January 2017 to October 2018, Mr. Hennessy served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. III, or Hennessy III, which merged with NRC Group Holdings, LLC, a global provider of comprehensive environmental, compliance and waste management services, in October 2018, and in November 2019, NRC Group Holdings Corp. merged with U.S. Ecology, Inc., and Mr. Hennessy served as a director of NRC Group Holdings Corp. from October 2018 to October 2019. From April 2015 to February 2017, Mr. Hennessy served as Chairman of the Board and CEO of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. II, or Hennessy II, which merged in February 2017 with Daseke, which was subsequently acquired in April 2024 by TFI International (NYSE and TSX: TFII). Mr Hennessy served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Daseke from February 2017 to June 2021. From September 2013 to February 2015, Mr. Hennessy served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp., or Hennessy I, which merged with School Bus Holdings Inc. in February 2015 and is now known as Blue Bird Corporation (NASDAQ: BLBD), and Mr. Hennessy served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Blue Bird Corporation from February 2015 to April 2019. Mr. Hennessy holds a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Boston College and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Mr. Hennessy is well qualified to serve as director due to his experience in private equity and public and private company board governance, as well as his background in finance and his experience with Hennessy I, Hennessy II, Hennessy III, Hennessy IV, Hennessy V and Hennessy VI.

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Thomas D. Hennessy, the son of Mr. Daniel J. Hennessy and our President and Chief Operating Officer since our formation, and a director since November 2024, is also a Managing Member of Hennessy Capital Group LLC, an alternative investment firm founded in 2013 that focuses on investing in industrial, infrastructure, real estate and sustainable technologies. Since August 2023, Mr. Henness