Home: Paradise Valley, AZ. Age: 53. Birthplace: Baltimore, MD. Profession: Private investor. Title: Founder, Member, Managing Partner. Significant other: My phenomenal wife, Stephanie. Alma mater: St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
Recent professional development: Invested in, and helped launch, a professional Wiffle Ball league. Latest accomplishment: Created a private fund with my wife to invest in fitness franchises. Latest contribution to others: High school baseball coach. What’s been your big (or biggest leap)? Starting my first private fund with two partners. Hobbies: Running, circuit training, skiing, travel, coaching. Recent travel or adventure: Safari in Kruger National Park. Last book read: Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer.
Personality profile: Effusive, daring, expressive, decisive, independent. How do you define an ideal business relationship? Trust, selflessness, cerebral, making themselves better. What is your greatest joy? My family, bar none. What is your greatest fear? Health deterioration. What is your guilty pleasure? Dairy Queen. What word or phrase do you use far too often? It’s like comparing apples and chainsaws. What is your favorite cliché: Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves. What occupation, other than your own, do you most admire? Professional sports team owners. How do you relieve stress? Exercise. What ingredient is essential to your perfect vacation? Privacy.
What was your first paying job? Bus boy at Baugher’s Restaurant. What was your favorite childhood toy or game? Wiffle Ball. What book have you repeatedly read? The Psychology of Money, by Morgan Housel. What movie have you repeatedly watched? The Big Short. What’s prominently featured on your home or office wall? Family pictures. What’s the best advice you received in your career? You must be in position, to be in position. What modern technology innovation do you most appreciate? Home exercise technology.
What widely held belief do you reject?
All good things must come to an end.
What mega-trend most excites you? Creation of small professional sports leagues. What mega-trend most concerns you? Persistent pharmaceutical reliance.
What title would you choose for the movie about your life? Throwing with Big Son. A story about being good at something, then terrible at it, then re-learning it, thus becoming good at it once again. What actor would you choose to play you in the movie about your life? Brad Pitt. As a kid, what did you first want to be when you grew up? A pilot. How would you choose to spend tomorrow, if you knew it was your last day on earth? With my family, doing anything (or nothing). What advice would you give your younger self? Memorialize the benefits of both healthy living and investment, starting at a young age.
Personal mission: Creating a better life for my family. Favorite quote: “The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road; long before I dance under those lights” (Muhammad Ali).
