Matt Ogden is Managing Partner of Building Industry Partners, the private equity investment firm he founded in 2008. In 2003, Mr. Ogden founded and ran the predecessor firm to BIP, a building products-focused M&A boutique. Prior to founding these firms, Mr. Ogden worked as Chief Investment Officer for Chambers Interests, a Ft. Worth, TX-based family investment office, and as an investment professional with Rainwater Inc. and Natural Gas Partners, L.P., two private equity investment firms affiliated with legendary investor Richard Rainwater. Mr. Ogden also worked for Brazos Private Equity Partners, a spin-out middle-market private equity firm from Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc. Mr. Ogden serves on the board of directors of several private companies and is a regular speaker and contributor within the building products industry on capital markets, private equity and corporate finance matters. Mr. Ogden also serves as Managing Principal of Ogden Family Investments, the family office he founded in 2014 to manage his family’s investment assets. Mr. Ogden received a B.S. in Economics with Honors, with concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management, from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ogden lives in Dallas with his wife, Einat, and four children, Ella, Cole, Noah and Jake.
;Zach Coopersmith is a Managing Partner at Building Industry Partners. Mr. Coopersmith also co- founded and leads Leading Ridge Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on growing distribution firms with initial sales between $10 to $100 million. Leading Ridge sponsored a highly successful national buy & build strategy at Rugby Architectural Building Products, a leading national $300+ million sales interior architectural-grade building products distributor. Prior to his tenure at Leading Ridge, Mr. Coopersmith worked in Distressed Credit group for Lehman Brothers & Barclays Capital after spending time in their high yield research and proprietary equity investing divisions. Mr. Coopersmith serves on the board of directors of several private companies as well as Make-A-Wish Metro New York. Mr. Coopersmith received a B.S. in Economics with Honors, with concentrations in Finance & Entrepreneurial Management, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, receiving numerous awards and honor society memberships for leadership, entrepreneurship, and academic achievement. In 2015, Mr. Coopersmith was named one of New York City’s Top 20 philanthropists Under 40 by Observer magazine and was featured on Bloomberg TV’s series on business leadership and philanthropy titled Good Fortunes.
;Alex Hodgkin is a Partner at Building Industry Partners. Prior to joining BIP, Mr. Hodgkin’s career spanned both financial transaction and entrepreneurial roles. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hodgkin worked as an investment banker with Salomon Smith Barney and later Headwaters MB. Most recently, he co-founded Intrinsic, LLC, a financial advisory firm serving leading private equity firms and high-net worth investors. Mr. Hodgkin currently serves as Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Senior Advisor of “Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition” Programming at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he developed Booth’s Search Fund Accelerator program. Mr. Hodgkin also serves as Principal at Ogden Family Investments. Mr. Hodgkin holds undergraduate degrees in Economics and Electrical Engineering from Claremont McKenna College and the University of Colorado, respectively, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is also a CFA charter holder. Mr. Hodgkin lives in Chicago with his wife, Ashley, and son, Lance.
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