Christopher H. Lee
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Christopher H. Lee is the Founder and Managing Partner of Highstar Capital (Highstar), an independent, fourth generation infrastructure fund manager with over four billion dollars of assets under management.

Highstar seeks to make value added, operationally focused private equity investments in energy, transportation and environmental services infrastructure businesses and assets, principally in North America and Europe.

Current Highstar investments include: Ports America, the largest independent port operating company in the United States; Kinder Morgan Inc., the general partner of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, one of America’s largest energy infrastructure businesses; Utilities Inc., a water and waste water business with operations in 14 states, principally in the south west and south east; Advanced Disposal Systems, a leading waste management company in the south east; Star West, a power generation business in the south west; and London City Airport.

Blog Entries by Christopher H. Lee

A Lesson From Occupy Wall Street

Posted January 4, 2012 | 12:17:25 (EST)

The Occupy Wall Street demonstration that began in New York and evolved into a national phenomenon has faced setbacks recently, most notably the forced evacuation of protesters around the country and the violent outbursts at UC Davis. Additionally, many observers have lampooned OWS and its grab bag of ideas from...

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Reconstructing the American Dream

38 Comments | Posted October 28, 2011 | 13:39:01 (EST)

The other night I dreamed of an inspired future for America. I saw a quintet of gleaming new passenger terminals at Chicago O'Hare, which as any traveler who has passed through this venerable airport's overburdened, outdated terminals knows is remarkable.

In my dream, just a year or so after shovels...

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A Game Changing Infrastructure Investment Strategy

4 Comments | Posted September 27, 2011 | 15:19:37 (EST)

As President Obama continues to promote his Jobs Act around the country, his latest stop was to a crumbling Ohio River bridge to further highlight the sweeping need to rebuild our country's infrastructure.

I support the president's call for creating an infrastructure bank, but when it comes to a...

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