Talk:Tanner Ainge

New Political Career

This appears to be a completely new article from the one two years ago and a number of changes in this living person's biography. Submit an AfD if you wish to contest notability of this county politician. PhobosIkaros ✉ 22:14, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Edit request from article subject (COI disclosure)

Conflict-of-interest disclosure: I am an employee of Tanner Ainge, the subject of this article, and requesting this on his behalf. Per WP:COI I am not editing the article directly and am instead requesting the following changes, each supported by independent sources. I'd be grateful if an uninvolved editor would review them.

1. Update the lead

Proposed revised first paragraph:

Tanner Ainge (born December 15, 1983) is an American businessman and former politician. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Banner Capital Management, a lower middle market private equity firm based in the Salt Lake City area, and previously served as a Utah County Commissioner from 2019 to 2021.

2. Add a "Business career" section

Proposed new section (suggested placement: before the political career material):

Ainge is the founder and CEO of Banner Capital Management, a private equity firm focused on founder-led and family-owned businesses in the Intermountain West that generate $4 million to $15 million in EBITDA. The firm manages approximately $630 million in assets.

In 2025, Banner closed Banner Capital Fund I, a continuation fund with more than $400 million in commitments led by Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE), and launched Banner Capital Fund II, a lower middle market buyout fund targeting $200 million. In 2026, GCM Grosvenor became an anchor investor in Fund II as part of a strategic partnership.

Banner's investments have included the carpet-cleaning franchisor Zerorez, the asphalt-maintenance platform Western Pavement Services, and the e-commerce firm Pattern Group, which filed for a U.S. initial public offering in 2025.

3. Update the infobox photograph

Please set the infobox image to the freely licensed photograph hosted on Wikimedia Commons at File:Tanner Ainge 2026.png (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanner_Ainge_2026.png), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, VRT permission submitted. Suggested infobox parameters:

| image = Tanner Ainge 2026.png | caption = Ainge in 2026

References to add

Ncolindres (talk) 22:53, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Note: Moved to COI edit request template. FlammablePizza (talk) 16:13, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Follow-up to request #1 (revised lead). Please replace the proposed lead paragraph in item 1 above with the following:

Tanner Ainge (born December 15, 1983) is an American businessman and former public official who has served as a Utah County Commissioner and on the Governor's Economic Development Board for the State of Utah. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Banner Capital Management, a lower middle market private equity firm with more than $600 million in assets under management. Ainge is also a member of the Utah Army National Guard. He ran an unsuccessful primary race for the U.S. House 3rd Congressional District of Utah against former Provo mayor John Curtis in 2017, but he won the Utah County Commissioner election the following year.

The county commissioner and Governor's Economic Development Board statements are supported by the sources already cited in the article; the assets-under-management figure is supported by the Wall Street Journal source cited in the proposed Business career section (Kreutzer, June 25, 2026). Ncolindres (talk) 04:41, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Follow-up: infobox and photograph.

• Infobox: The infobox still presents Ainge as the sitting officeholder ("Incumbent", "Assumed office January 7, 2019"). As his term as Utah County Commissioner ended in 2021, could an uninvolved editor update the infobox so it no longer lists him as the incumbent — for example, adding a term-end date of 2021 (and a successor if one is on record) — consistent with the revised lead proposed above.

• Photograph: The image change in item 3 above (setting the infobox image to File:Tanner Ainge 2026.png, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0) is a straightforward, uncontroversial update. The file's VRT permission has been submitted and can be verified on Wikimedia Commons; I would be grateful if a reviewer would apply the image once satisfied with the licensing. Ncolindres (talk) 04:41, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Withdrawing this request. On reflection this bundled too many separate changes into a single request, and my 2 July follow-up superseded part of item 1, which makes it harder to review than it should be. I'm withdrawing it here and reposting as separate, smaller requests — starting with a factual error that is currently live in the infobox, which still presents Ainge as the incumbent county commissioner although his term ended in 2021.

One correction: the Wall Street Journal source says "over $600 million" in assets under management, not the "approximately $630 million" I wrote in item 2. That was my error, and the reposted request will use the figure as the source states it.

I'm also withdrawing the photograph request in item 3 for now. I want to re-verify the licensing on File:Tanner Ainge 2026.png before asking anyone to act on it, and I shouldn't have described VRT permission as confirmed.

Thanks for your patience, and apologies for the churn on this page. Ncolindres (talk) 04:44, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Edit request (COI): infobox presents a former officeholder as incumbent

Conflict-of-interest disclosure: I am an employee of Tanner Ainge, the subject of this article. Per WP:COI I am not editing the article directly.

This is a small factual correction rather than a content change, and it needs no new sources.

The infobox has an empty term_end parameter, so it currently renders Ainge as the incumbent Utah County Commissioner ("Assumed office January 7, 2019"). He resigned in March 2021 to accept an appointment to the Governor's Economic Development Board. Both facts are already sourced in the body of this article:

• "Utah County Commissioner Tanner Ainge resigns, accepts Cox appointment", Daily Herald, 17 March 2021 — cited in the Political career section
• "Tanner Ainge leaving Utah County Commission", KSL, 17 March 2021 — cited in the Political career section

Requested changes to the infobox:

• Set | term_end = March 2021 — or a more precise date, if a reviewer reads the sources as supporting one
• Remove the | website = {{URL|utahcounty.gov/Dept/Commish|Utah County Commission}} parameter, which links to the commission he no longer serves on

I have not proposed a successor value, as I could not find one in a reliable source. Ncolindres (talk) 04:50, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Done Aloneinthewild (talk) 17:30, 26 July 2026 (UTC)