Alex Richard Magaro

Basswood Capital Management LLC (Basswood) is a registered independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Matthew Lindenbaum and Bennett Lindenbaum in 1998. Basswood serves as investment adviser to a number of private investment funds and separately managed accounts..

SpringOwl Associates LLC (SpringOwl) is a hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1970 as Cumberland Associates LLC and merged with Ader Investment Management LLC in 2013 to form SpringOwl Associates LLC. They are wholly owned and controlled by SpringOwl Asset Management LLC. SpringOwl provides investment management services to private pooled investment vehicles that are offered to investors on a confidential, private-placement basis.

Main Street Restaurant Group, Inc. owns and operates restaurants. The company owns TGI Friday's restaurants, Bamboo Club restaurants and Alice Cooper's town restaurant. It provides full service casual dining services. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Soros Fund Management LLC (SFM) is a privately-held investment management firm now structured as a family office, but which was once a hedge fund manager. The firm was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in New York City. SFM serves as the principal asset manager for the Open Society Foundations (Open Society) – a private funder of independent groups that works for justice, democratic governance, and human rights.

Canyon Capital Advisors LLC (Canyon) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Mitchell Julis and Joshua Friedman in 1990 and they are owned by Canyon Partners LLC. Canyon provides discretionary advisory services to individuals, trusts, pension plans, corporations, and public and private entities.

Renaissance Technologies LLC (Renaissance) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and global hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1982 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Renaissance Technologies Holdings Corp. Renaissance acts as general partner, managing member, and/or investment manager to US and non-US private investment funds and an institutional account that invests in a variety of securities, futures, and derivatives contracts.

GMT Capital Corp. is a private, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It was founded in 1993 by Thomas Claugus. The firm provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to their advisory clients, which are private investment vehicles and separately managed accounts, by recommending, or managing and directing, the investment and reinvestment of their assets.

ESL Investments, Inc. is a privately-owned hedge fund sponsor and registered investment adviser founded in 1988. Headquartered in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, ESL manages assets on a discretionary basis in one master fund, ESL Partners LP. They also offer investments in ESL Partners through ESL Limited, a Bermuda-based “feeder fund”. Investors in the funds are generally comprised of ultra high-net worth individuals and family offices, but also include private and public pension plans, financial institutions, and other institutional investors.

ICS Group Holdings, Inc. provides voice and IP solutions communications services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Lighthouse 360, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based marketing automation solutions for local businesses. Its platform includes a comprehensive desktop, mobile, web and social presence, reviews and offer management, and email campaign automation. The company was founded by Ben Rubenstein, John Berkowitz, Nathaniel V. Stevens, and Kartik Hosanagar in March 2005 and is headquartered in Sugar Hill, NY.

Knewton, Inc. develops a platform to personalize educational content. It also offers courseware for higher education concentrated in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The company was founded by Jose Ferreira in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Jewish Communal Fund provides public charity serving the philanthropic community of Greater New York through donor-advised funds, the Jewish Communal Fund offers individuals and families. The company was founded by Herbert M. Singer in 1972 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Berkshire Partners LLC (Berkshire Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Berkshire Partners Holdings LLC founded in 1986 by Christopher Clifford, Carl Ferenbach, Russel L. Epker, Brad Bloom and Richard Lubin. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Deer Management Co. LLC (Bessemer Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1911. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Madison Dearborn Partners LLC (Madison Dearborn Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by John A. Canning Jr., Paul J. Finnegan, Samuel M. Mencoff, Robin P. Selati, James N. Perry Jr. and Timothy P. Sullivan. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Knott Partners LP is a hedge fund management firm headquartered in Syosset, New York. The firm was founded by David M. Knott in 1987 and is owned by David M. Knott Partnership. Knott Partners provides investment advice to private investment vehicles for high net worth investors.

ACTIV Financial Systems, Inc. provides real-time, multi-asset financial market data and solutions. It offers neutral, managed services for buy and sell-side firms and technology providers seeking a complete market data solution that encompasses both global content management and data delivery. The company was founded by Frank W. Piasecki, Stephen J. McNeany and Michael Dunne in 2002 and is headquartered in Wheaton, IL.

Signal Equity Partners (Signal Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 1996 by Timothy Bradley and Alfred Puchala. The firm is headquartered in New York.

United Capital Financial Partners, Inc. engages in the provision of financial advisory services. It offers financial life management, guidance-driven investing, and extended financial services. The company was founded by Joseph John Duran, Patrick M. Bommarito and Caryn L. Westman in 2005 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Silver Lake Management Co. LLC (Silver Lake Management) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Silver Lake Group LLC founded in 1999 by Jim Davidson and David Roux. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Betterment Holdings, Inc. provides financial, technology, trading, law, and marketing services. It offers financial planning, retirement, IRAS, Trusts, and tax loss harvesting. The company was founded by Eli David Broverman and Jonathan Babcock Stein in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

GlobeScan Capital, Inc. (dba GCI Investors) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded by Pasupati Sadhukhan in 1996 and became a subsidiary of Brasada Capital Management LP in 2023. GCI Investors provides direct investment services for individual clients, corporate clients, 401k plans, and other registered investment advisors (RIAs) on a sub-advisory basis.

Cove Hill Partners LP (Cove Hill Partners) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Cove Hill Partners Management LLC founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Prelude Ventures LLC (Prelude Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Gabriel Kra, Laura Baxter Simons and Nat Simons. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.