Brandon Bethea

Founder at Aterian Investment Management LP

49 year

Finance

Consumer Services

Producer Manufacturing

Network origin in Brandon Bethea first degree

Entity	Entity type	Industry
Harvard University Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. 743	College/University	Other Consumer Services	743
Kellogg School of Management 174	College/University	Other Consumer Services	174
Aterian Investment Management LP Aterian Investment Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Aterian Investment Management LP (Aterian) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2009 by Michael Fieldstone. The firm is headquartered in New York. 16	Private Company	Investment Managers	16
Northwest University 14	College/University	Other Consumer Services	14
Hirschfeld Industries, Inc. Hirschfeld Industries, Inc. Metal FabricationProducer Manufacturing Hirschfeld Industries, Inc. provides fabricated engineering services. The firm's products include plate girders, box girders, trusses, engineered beams, mill-rolled shapes and other formations of highly-engineered structural steel. Its services include the cutting and welding of steel plates, and the application of multiple protective coating systems. The company was founded by L. W. Hirschfeld in 1919 and is headquartered in San Angelo, TX. 12	Subsidiary	Metal Fabrication	12
Insight Equity Holdings LLC Insight Equity Holdings LLC Investment ManagersFinance Insight Equity Holdings LLC (Insight Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Victor L Vescovo and Ted W. Beneski. The firm is headquartered in Southlake, Texas. 7	Private Company	Investment Managers	7
Vander-Bend Manufacturing, Inc. Vander-Bend Manufacturing, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Vander-Bend Manufacturing, Inc. manufactures and distributes precision sheet metal. The firm also offers precision sheet metal fabrication, precision machining, prototype through production, electro-mechanical assembly, and contract manufacturing. The company was founded by Bill Vanderbeek in 1979 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. 3	Holding Company	Miscellaneous Commercial Services	3

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Multi-company connection

Companies connected to Brandon Bethea via their personal network

Company	Sector	Related people	Main position
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP Investment ManagersFinance Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (Kayne Anderson) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative investment management firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Formerly known as Kaim Non Traditional LP, the firm was founded in 1984 by Richard Kayne and John Anderson. They are owned by Richard Kayne through his majority ownership of Kayne Anderson Investment Management, Inc. Kayne Anderson provides investment supervisory services through privately offered pooled investment vehicles, and to a lesser extent, through separate accounts and mutual funds.	Investment Managers	Ian S. Sinnott Nnamdi Okike	Analyst-Equity Corporate Officer/Principal
Flanders Corp. Flanders Corp. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Flanders Corp. designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes air filters and related products. The firm offers residential and industrial products which include air cleaners, fiber glass, air cleaner refills, extended surface filters, and custom air handlers. The company was founded on January 5, 1996 and is headquartered in Washington, NC.	Industrial Machinery	Ted Beneski Victor Vescovo Warren B. Bonham Eliot E. Kerlin	Chairman Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member
Rochester Christian University	College/University	Tsontcho Ianchulev Matthew Shair	Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree
General Atlantic LLC General Atlantic LLC Investment ManagersFinance General Atlantic LLC (General Atlantic) is a private equity firm founded in 1980 by Charles F. Feeney. The firm is headquartered in New York.	Investment Managers	David P. Rea Nicholas A. Nash	Private Equity Analyst Private Equity Analyst
Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP (GSAMLP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of GSAM Holdings LLC, and their ultimate parent is Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). Founded in 1988, GSAMLP provides investment solutions to a range of individual and institutional investors worldwide.	Investment Managers	Conner Searcy Kyri Loupis Ray Chan	Corporate Officer/Principal Portfolio Manager-Equities Portfolio Manager-Equities
JPMorgan Securities LLC JPMorgan Securities LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.	Investment Banks/Brokers	Cheryl Frank Tarek Hamid	Analyst-Equity Analyst-Fixed Income
Silicon Turnkey Solutions, Inc. Silicon Turnkey Solutions, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Silicon Turnkey Solutions, Inc. provides semiconductor contracting services. Its services include design services, commercial, electrical testing, assembly services, reliability testing, and tester rental. The company was founded by Saeed Malik and Zef Malik in 2000 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.	Semiconductors	Ted Beneski Warren B. Bonham Eliot E. Kerlin	Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member
McKinsey & Co., Inc. McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Miscellaneous Commercial Services	Richard Cavanagh Nicholas A. Nash Aaron Mobarak Patrick R. George Samuel Adam Hoffman Ramy Adeeb Matthew Humbaugh	Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal
The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York	College/University	Luis R. Penalver Matthew Shair	Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree
Duke University Duke University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services 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.	College/University	Austin Krumpfes Kerry Rupp Daniel V. Phan Brian Moore Welly Tantono	Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree Graduate Degree
Stanford University	College/University	Cheryl Frank Victor Vescovo Mark S. Weber Yuval Grill Ramy Adeeb	Masters Business Admin Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin
Bain & Co., Inc. Bain & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.	Miscellaneous Commercial Services	W. Brandon Ingersoll Werner Genieser Ted Beneski Ross Gatlin Victor Vescovo Conner Searcy Warren B. Bonham	Corporate Officer/Principal Consultant / Advisor Founder Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal
University of Oxford	College/University	Ahmad Atwan Matthew Humbaugh	Graduate Degree Graduate Degree
Sun Capital Partners, Inc. Sun Capital Partners, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Sun Capital Partners, Inc. (Sun Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by Rodger R. Krouse and Marc J. Leder. The firm is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.	Investment Managers	Christopher Thomas Michael Fieldstone	Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor
Vision Ease LP Vision Ease LP Electronic ComponentsElectronic Technology Vision Ease LP manufactures and distributes ophthalmic lenses. Its brands include Vision Ease, Coppertone, O'Neill Frames, and LifeRx. Its lenses include copper tone polarized, liferx photochromic, sunrx polarized, illumina progressive, and outlook progressive lenses. The company was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in Ramsey, MN.	Electronic Components	Ted Beneski Victor Vescovo	Chairman Director/Board Member
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	College/University	Scott E. Decatur Victor Vescovo	Graduate Degree Graduate Degree
Brigham Young University	College/University	W. Brandon Ingersoll Rodney L. Goodwill	Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree
Northwestern University Northwestern University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses	College/University	Harry Kraemer Andrew Boisseau Jack F. Waterstreet Boris Khentov Eric Anderson	Director/Board Member Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Graduate Degree Corporate Officer/Principal
The University of Texas at Austin	College/University	Ross Gatlin Timothy D. Belton	Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania	College/University	John A. Deighton Christopher Thomas Michael Fieldstone Gil Dibner Ray Chan	Doctorate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin
Zink Acquisition Holdings, Inc. Zink Acquisition Holdings, Inc. MiscellaneousMiscellaneous Zink Acquisition Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company with interest in designing, manufacturing, and marketing material-based solutions for acoustical and coated applications. The company was founded on January 21, 2014 and is headquartered in Southlake, TX.	Miscellaneous	Ted Beneski Victor Vescovo Warren B. Bonham Eliot E. Kerlin Jack F. Waterstreet	Chairman Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal
Material Sciences Corp. Material Sciences Corp. Metal FabricationProducer Manufacturing Material Sciences Corp. provides metal processing, building products and supply chain management services. Its products include deco steel, MagnaDamp, MSC smart steel, quiet steel, replikote, and sound trap. The firm offers coil coatings, electrogalvanizing, laminates and strippable film, supply chain management, and value added processing services. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Canton, MI.	Metal Fabrication	Ted Beneski Victor Vescovo Warren B. Bonham Eliot E. Kerlin Jack F. Waterstreet	Chairman Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member
Harvard Business School	College/University	Ted Beneski Victor Vescovo Conner Searcy Warren B. Bonham Eliot E. Kerlin	Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin
Sportexe Holdings LLC Sportexe Holdings LLC Chemicals: SpecialtyProcess Industries Sportexe Holdings LLC develops, supplies and installs synthetic turf systems for athletic field, aviation and landscape applications. The company is headquartered in Southlake, TX.	Chemicals: Specialty	Ted Beneski Ross Gatlin Victor Vescovo Conner Searcy	Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Director/Board Member
MB Precision Investment Holdings LLC MB Precision Investment Holdings LLC Metal FabricationProducer Manufacturing Part of MB Precision Investment Holdings LLC, the company manufactures powder metallurgy parts. The company is based in Keller, TX.	Metal Fabrication	Ted Beneski Victor Vescovo Warren B. Bonham Eliot E. Kerlin	Director/Board Member Chairman Director/Board Member Director/Board Member
Emerge Energy Services GP LLC Emerge Energy Services GP LLC MiscellaneousMiscellaneous Part of Emerge Energy Services LP, Emerge Energy Services GP LLC operates as a holding company. The company is based in Southlake, TX.	Miscellaneous	Ted Beneski Victor Vescovo Warren B. Bonham Eliot E. Kerlin	Chairman Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member
AvTurf LLC AvTurf LLC Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services AvTurf LLC delivers safe, clean and innovative airfield ground cover solutions. It is a supplier and installer of synthetic turf systems for use in aviation applications. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in South Lake, TX.	Engineering & Construction	Ted Beneski Victor Vescovo Warren B. Bonham Eliot E. Kerlin	Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member
Micross, Inc. Micross, Inc. Electronic Production EquipmentElectronic Technology Micross, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of microelectronic components for defense, space, and medical industries. It offers bare die and wafer processing, interconnect technology, packaging and assembly, component modification, electrical test, and environmental test. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.	Electronic Production Equipment	Ted Beneski Victor Vescovo Warren B. Bonham Eliot E. Kerlin	Director/Board Member Chairman Director/Board Member Director/Board Member
Versatile Processing Group, Inc. Versatile Processing Group, Inc. Other Metals/MineralsNon-Energy Minerals Versatile Processing Group, Inc. operates as a holding company with interests in processing of non-ferrous and other metals. Its subsidiaries offer industrial scrap metal processing, utility equipment recycling, and post consumer scrap recycling. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.	Other Metals/Minerals	Ted Beneski Victor Vescovo Warren B. Bonham Jack F. Waterstreet	Chairman Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member
EMERGE ENERGY SERVICES LP	Construction Materials	Ted Beneski Victor Vescovo Warren B. Bonham Eliot E. Kerlin	Chairman Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member
Georgetown University	College/University	David Tsiang Jiang Ko Ping Shen Matthew Bigge	Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree
Princeton University	College/University	Weidong Huang Tom L. Tuttle Matthew Tarkenton	Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree
Direct Fuels Partners LP Direct Fuels Partners LP Gas DistributorsUtilities Direct Fuels Partners LP engages in the sale of fuel products. It is an independent regional fuel distributor and specialty processer in North Texas. The firm also operates an onsite fuel processing facility, which recycles transportation mixture (transmix) back into various types and grades of usable fuel. It sells its fuel products primarily to unbranded fuel retailers and distributors that supply commercial accounts. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Euless, TX.	Gas Distributors	Ted Beneski Victor Vescovo Warren B. Bonham	Chairman Corporate Officer/Principal Chief Executive Officer
Superior Silica Sands LLC Superior Silica Sands LLC Construction MaterialsNon-Energy Minerals Superior Silica Sands LLC sells and distributes sand. The firm produces white silica sand used for golf course bunkers, greens construction, top dressing, and sports field construction. It supplies proppant sand to oil and gas service companies. The company was founded in 2001 by Keith Blair and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.	Construction Materials	Ted Beneski Warren B. Bonham Eliot E. Kerlin	Chairman Director/Board Member Director/Board Member
Stanford Graduate School of Business	College/University	Nicholas A. Nash Nabil Kassam Robyn Reiss	Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Graduate Degree
MIT Sloan School of Management	College/University	Will Kohler Eric Anderson	Masters Business Admin Doctorate Degree
Wells Fargo Securities LLC Wells Fargo Securities LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.	Investment Banks/Brokers	Christian Remmel Martins Trautmanis	Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal
New York University	College/University	Ricky Sun Tarek Hamid	Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin
The Conference Board, Inc. The Conference Board, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Conference Board, Inc. is a membership organization working for the public interests. It creates and disseminates knowledge about management and the marketplace to help businesses in their performance and to better serve the society. The firm publishes information and analysis, makes economics-based forecasts and assesses trends, and facilitates learning by creating communities of interest that bring together senior executives from around the world. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Miscellaneous Commercial Services	Richard Cavanagh Harry Kraemer	Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member
MB Precision Holdings LLC MB Precision Holdings LLC Metal FabricationProducer Manufacturing MB Precision Holdings LLC engages in the provision of precision machining, fabrication, assembly and test services. It offers its services for the aerospace and defense, energy, oil and gas, and power generation markets. The company is headquartered in Westfield, MA.	Metal Fabrication	Ted Beneski Victor Vescovo	Director/Board Member Chairman
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business	College/University	Scott Donaldson Eric Anderson	Masters Business Admin Corporate Officer/Principal
Cornell University Cornell University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.	College/University	Mark Tatum Daniel Krasnow	Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree
Hirschfeld Industries LP Hirschfeld Industries LP SteelNon-Energy Minerals Hirschfeld Industries LP engages in the provision of structural steel components to industrial development, commercial construction, and power generation fields. Its services include design-build anddesign-assist, budgeting and value engineering, connection design, fabrication, erection and transportation. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in San Angelo, TX.	Steel	Victor Vescovo Rodney L. Goodwill	Director/Board Member Director of Finance/CFO
Walker Group Holdings LLC Walker Group Holdings LLC Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services Walker Group Holdings LLC provides and supplies stainless steel products. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in New Lisbon, WI.	Wholesale Distributors	Ted Beneski Victor Vescovo	Chairman Director/Board Member
Harvard Law School	College/University	Peter Hutt John G. Palfrey	Graduate Degree Corporate Officer/Principal
The University of Chicago	College/University	John A. Deighton Rick Cooper	Corporate Officer/Principal Undergraduate Degree
Yale University	College/University	Peter Hutt Matthew Shair	Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree

Statistics

International

United States	49
United Kingdom	2

Sectoral

Consumer Services	21
Finance	9
Producer Manufacturing	5
Electronic Technology	5
Non-Energy Minerals	5

Operational

Director/Board Member	395
Corporate Officer/Principal	194
Chairman	193
Independent Dir/Board Member	129
Undergraduate Degree	95

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Richard Cavanagh	162
Peter Hutt	69
Matthew Bigge	37
Ted Beneski	34
Harry Kraemer	34
Victor Vescovo	32
Simon Morris Gerovich	31
Wei Li	24
Ricky Sun	24
Warren B. Bonham	23
Werner Genieser	22
Eliot E. Kerlin	22
Tsontcho Ianchulev	21
Nnamdi Okike	16
Will Kohler	15

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