Brian Norton Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Co-Founder & Par...

  • Primary Industry
  • Finance

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Brian Norton General Information

Biography

Mr. Brian Norton is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Ridge Road Partners. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Ridge Road Partners. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Supply Finance. He co-founded and served as the Executive Vice Chairman at Future Finance. Brian is a business builder, serial entrepreneur, restructuring expert, and process efficiency guru. He has a passion for leading, building, and fixing businesses that stretches back twenty years to when he launched his first business in his dorm room at Harvard. Over the course of his career, Brian has built and restructured several businesses. In particular, he has had extensive experience bringing technology and process efficiency to inefficient or old world businesses, especially in the financial services and real estate sectors. Prior to co-founding Ridge Road Partners, Brian was a Partner and Chief Operator of Arch Bay, a company formed following the financial crisis to buy and manage foreclosed single homes. Arch Bay purchased real estate worth over $1.5 billion across 50 states, and Brian built the team and operational capability to acquire and manage more than 15,000 homes. Prior to Arch Bay, Brian helped build MRU Holdings, a private student loan business in the US that grew to be the 4th largest in the country. He has also previously built and managed several mortgage origination and servicing businesses as well as a technology company. Born and raised in Chicago, Brian has lived in California, Germany, and Virginia. He, his wife, and their young children currently live in Dublin, Ireland, where Brian is Vice Chairman of Future Finance Loan Corporation, a Ridge Road portfolio company.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Co-Founder & Partner, Ridge Road Partners
Education
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Harvard University, BA (Bachelor of Arts)
Gender
Male
Email
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Address
  • Dublin
  • Ireland

Brian Norton Positions (2)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Ridge Road Partners Investor Co-Founder & Partner New York, NY PE/Buyout
Supply Finance Company Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer Dublin, Ireland Other Financial Services

Brian Norton Lead Partner on Deals (2)

Brian Norton has been the lead partner on 2 deals. Their latest deal was with Supply Finance, a other financial services company. The deal was made for on 12-Apr-2018.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Supply Finance 12-Apr-2018 Early Stage VC (Series A) Completed Other Financial Services Dublin, Ireland
Future Finance 13-Mar-2016 Completed Consumer Finance Dublin, Ireland

Brian Norton Network (24)

Board Members (6)

Name Company Representing Location From
Future Finance Future Finance Dublin, Ireland

Portfolio Executives (16)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Daragh Coogan Supply Finance Chief Financial Officer 12-Apr-2018 Dublin, Ireland
Jehad Verjee Supply Finance Co-Founder & Director 12-Apr-2018 Dublin, Ireland
Future Finance Operations Director 13-Mar-2016 Dublin, Ireland
Future Finance Executive 13-Mar-2016 Dublin, Ireland
Future Finance Co-Chief Executive Officer & President 13-Mar-2016 Dublin, Ireland

Fund Team Members (2)

Name Investor Fund Fund Location
Ridge Road Partners New York, NY
Ridge Road Partners New York, NY

Brian Norton Affiliated Funds (1)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
Ridge Road I Ridge Road Partners Buyout Closed 2015

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