Clete Brewer

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Mr. Clete Brewer is a Co-Founder & serves as Co-Managing Partner at NewRoad Capital Partners. Mr. Brewer brings 25 years of experience leading successful startups, high-growth companies, and publicly traded companies that broadly encompass the service industry, retail, franchising, and environmental services. He has lead two IPOs and raised over $400 million in public and private financing. Since 2013, he has served as Chairman and co-managing Partner of NewRoad Capital Partners. He served as the Chairman at BlueinGreen. He previously served as CEO of BlueInGreen, a water technology solutions dwasruptor for the environmental treatment of water and wastewater from 2010 to 2015. Prior to that, he was President and co-owner of Sport Clips, Inc. from 2002 to 2010. During his tenure there, Sports Clips grew from 42 franchised stores to over 675 with revenues of over $250 million. From 1988 to 2002, preceding Sport Clips, Inc., he served as President, CEO, and co-founder of Staffmark where he led the IPO (STAF: NASDAQ). Under his leadership, the company grew from $600,000 in sales to over $1.2 billion. He serves on the boards of Big Elk, Spot Right, and the Executive Advisory Board at the Sam Walton College of Business. In 1997, he was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma regions of the U.S. He served as a Board Member at Urgent Care for Kids. He also serves as a Board Observer at EmergeTech. He graduated from the Walton College of Business in 1987 with a BSBA in Finance. He was named the Sam Walton Entrepreneur of the Year in 1996 by the University of Arkansas.