FOUNDER, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, ENGAGED CAPITAL
WHY: Activist investor in 2012 founded company that employs a private equity-style investing strategy in publicly traded small- and mid-cap companies. Previously managing director of Relational Investors, a $6B activist fund. Started with $85M, now $1.5B in assets.
IN THE NEWS: Invested $100M in Black Rifle Coffee Co., Salt Lake City-based and veteran-founded coffee company that went public in February.
QUOTABLE: “Black Rifle meets the criteria of what we look for—great businesses that have the potential to get better.”
