Karen Hughes

Flexpoint Ford LLC (Flexpoint Ford) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Donald Joseph Edwards, Ethan Abraham Budin and Charles Earle Glew. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with an additional office in New york.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

BDT Capital Partners LLC (BDT Capital Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of BDT & MSD Partners LLC founded in 2009 by Bryan Trott. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

RedBird Capital Partners Management LLC (RedBird Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Gerry Cardinale. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Ardent Leisure US Holding, Inc. engages in investment activities. The company is headquartered in Plano, TX.

FireBird Energy LLC operates and develops crude oil and natural gas producing assets in the Western Midland Basin. The company was founded by Adam Tischer and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

BDT & MSD Partners LLC is a merchant bank. The company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, and the United States. The CEOs are Byron David Trott and Gregg Robert Lemkau. The company was founded in 2023.

BDT & Co. LLC provides financial advisory services. The private company is based in Chicago, IL.