# Paul C. Hilal > Paul C. Hilal is a seed investor at Mantle Ridge LP backing Restaurants. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: Mantle Ridge LP - Location: Calgary, Canada - Total investments: 2 - Last investment: Aug 2019 - Lead investor: 50% - Last updated: Aug 2026 Paul C. Hilal is a seed investor at Mantle Ridge LP in Calgary focused on Restaurants and Apps. Paul Hilal is the founder and CEO of Mantle Ridge LP. He is an expert on value investing and corporate governance, with a history as an engaged or activist investor, as well as a passive value investor. Mr. Hilal raised $1.2 billion of capital for a campaign to install Hunter Harrison, one of the most accomplished executives in the railroadindustry, as CEO of CSX Corporation. In March 2017, Hilal was named Vice Chairman of CSX. Prior to forming Mantle Ridge, Mr. Hilal was a senior partner at Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P where he played leading roles in the firm’s successful activist investments in Ceridian, a data processing company, Air Products & Chemicals Inc. and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CP).Mr. Hilal worked closely with the CP management team to improve the company’s performance and operations and served on the CP board of directors from 2012 until January of 2016, when he retired from Pershing Square. Prior to joining Pershing Square in 2006, Mr. Hilal founded and served as Managing Partner of Caliber Capital Management, L.P., an information technology-sector focused investment fund, from 2002 to 2005. From 1998 to 2001, he ran the information technology sector investment program at Hilal Capital Management, also as an investment adviser. Before his investing career, Hilal worked as a Principal at Broadview Associates (1992-1997) as a mergers and acquisitions advisor. ## Contacts 5 contacts available for Paul C. Hilal: work email, personal email, work phone, personal phone and socials. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-email/paul-c-hilal?utm_source=investor_profile ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Restaurants | 2 | 100% | | Apps | 1 | 50% | | Retail | 1 | 50% | | Health Care | 1 | 50% | | Search Engine | 1 | 50% | 6 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 1 | 50% | | Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 50% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Aramark | Aramark provides food services, facilities management, and uniform and career apparel to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and businesses around the world. ARAMARK’s position as a world leader in facility services stems from decades of experience and superior service in the diversified outsourcingindustry. From their humble beginnings in 1936 at the helm of Davre Davidson and his peanut vending machines to our place — for the sixth time in nine years — at the top of Fortune magazine’s list of the “World’s Most Admired Companies,” ARAMARK has maintained an unwavering focus on providing world-class experiences, environments, and outcomes for their clients.At ARAMARK, they take care of buildings and infrastructure so that their customers can take care of their core business. They are proud to provide exceptional facility management services for 1,600 companies in 16,000 facilities — about 1.8 billion square feet worldwide.ARAMARK provides comprehensive facility service solutions that enable its clients to maximize safety, productivity, and reliability. Their success is the result of their steadfast commitment to service excellence. They pride themselves on delivering customizable, sustainable solutions in a wide range of facilities by working closely with their clients to achieve mutual goals. Self-performed services, ongoing client communication, performance metrics, and an environment of team learning and development enable us to perform beyond expectations in virtually every client engagement.Whatever the company’s facility needs, ARAMARK is here to consistently exceed the expectations for service excellence with the best people, the most innovative processes, and the latest technologies. | | Post-IPO Equity | Aug 19, 2019 | | | Outseeker | Outseeker is a quantitative search and discovery tool for restaurants. It enables users to find restaurants based on price, location, and preferences. Outseeker also offers an Android application. | $160K | Seed | Mar 19, 2014 | | 2 of 2 investments shown. ## About Mantle Ridge LP VC Fund 1 contacts available at Mantle Ridge LP. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Paul C. Hilal | Founder and CEO | — | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Paul C. Hilal invest in? Paul C. Hilal invests primarily in Restaurants, Apps and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Post-IPO Equity stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### How do I contact Paul C. Hilal? 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