Biography
Brandon is a Vice President of portfolio operations and Head of eCommerce at Kingswood Capital Management and is responsible for business strategy and operations at Kingswood’s portfolio companies. He works closely with the firm’s investment team, network of Operating Executives and portfolio company executive management to drive strategic initiatives and to recruit and deploy operating resources. Brandon has spent over a decade as a senior executive in CEO, President and COO roles operating multichannel, direct-to-consumer businesses in the Consumer and CPG industries ranging from $20m to $3B in revenue. Prior to Kingswood, Brandon most recently served as (concurrently) SVP of Consumer Products at 100 Thieves (a gaming lifestyle brand) and President at Higround (a subsidiary consumer peripherals business), where he oversaw 3x growth in revenue. Brandon began his career in investment banking at Citigroup and has worked across Private Equity (at Pantheon Ventures), Family Offices (GVG Digital, in partnership with 3G Capital), and Brand Aggregators (WIN Brands and Essor). He seeks to bridge the financial rigor of his past corporate finance experience with the in-the-weeds, operational and brand building side of the Consumer world. Brandon holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from NYU Stern.