04 / Team
Leadership.
Founder & Managing Partner
Ryan Bourque
Ryan founded Sunnadin Capital to acquire and operate one essential small business and to be a founder-aligned partner to the owner who built it.
His background is in investing, capital markets, and operations. Most recently, Ryan worked on teams in the Midwest and on the West Coast that invest in and operate small and mid-sized businesses across manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, energy, and consumer services.
Earlier, Ryan worked in equity finance and capital markets at the Bank of Montreal and Clear Street, where he structured financing for corporate and institutional clients and built the investing and risk management discipline that guides how he operates today.
Ryan is an MBA candidate at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (Class of 2027) and holds a BA from Colgate University. Outside of work, he is a mentor to high school and college students and is an avid basketball player, golfer and hiker.
Our Name
The work beneath
stronger vessels.
The USS Sunnadin was a Navy tugboat stationed at Pearl Harbor through World War II, named for the Anglicized spelling of the Huron village Sunyendeand. While it wasn't a battleship or carrier, it was a small, unglamorous, and indispensable part of the larger fleet. For nearly twenty-five years it kept ships moving through the harbor, and on December 7, 1941, it was fastened to the side of the crippled cruiser Raleigh, helping keep a far larger battleship from going under.
That is the work we believe in. Sunnadin Capital does not chase the spotlight. We are a steady force beneath stronger vessels, providing the support, stability, and momentum that lets the rest of the fleet do what it was built to do.
Small by design. Essential by intent.
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