Elizabeth Weymouth

Founder and Managing Partner

Elizabeth Weymouth is an experienced investor, founder, and pioneer in private equity with more than two decades of success building investment platforms, raising global capital, and guiding businesses through transformation. As Founder and Managing Partner of Grafine Partners, the boutique firm she launched in 2019, she and her team are reimagining how sophisticated investors engage with private markets by providing earlier entry into distinctive, high-alpha opportunities. Grafine backs and scales emerging private equity managers and invests in direct private equity opportunities – pioneering a model that builds a differentiated ecosystem and unlocks greater value for investors.

A relationship-driven business builder known for embracing innovation and creative investing approaches, Elizabeth has built her career on identifying overlooked opportunities and delivering long-term success for investors. Previously a Partner at Riverstone Holdings, she helped institutionalize the firm, raised $27B in global capital, and sat on multiple portfolio company boards. She also spent more than a decade at J.P. Morgan Private Bank, rising to Managing Director and Head of Investments for the U.S. Northeast, where she oversaw $80B in client assets and led a team of 70. Elizabeth began her career in London at Willis Corroon, working as an oil and gas insurance broker in the Lloyd’s of London marketplace.

Elizabeth earned a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the Darden Graduate School of Business, where she served as a Trustee for 15 years and became the school’s first female Chair of the Board of Trustees (2016–2019). Recognized as a 2026 Wall Street Journal Woman to Watch and one of Private Equity International’s “Women of Influence,” Elizabeth is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Sought out by media including CNBC and Bloomberg as a trusted voice on private markets and new paths to alpha, Elizabeth serves on the boards of UVIMCO, Chilton Trust, and Deerfield Academy. Guided by a philosophy of taking “the road less traveled,” she continues to prioritize unique, high-value opportunities for investors. A passionate advocate for education and advancing women in finance, she is an avid reader and alumna of Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, where she grew up.