Phil Bakes JD Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Managing Partner

Phil Bakes JD General Information

Biography

Mr. Phil Bakes serves as Co-Managing Partner at BBX Capital Partners. He previously co-founded and served as president of a boutique advisory and merchant banking firm with offices in Miami and New York, with a wide spectrum of engagements ranging from Fortune 100 companies to lower-middle market private operating businesses. During that time, Bakes also co-founded in 1997 and led as CEO until its sale in 2003 a travel industry consolidation which by its third year of operations had grown primarily through over 20 acquisitions of mostly family-owned businesses to one of the nation's largest value-added leisure travel providers with offices throughout the United States and overseas. In the 1980s Bakes served in the airline industry, including president/CEO of Continental Airlines and Eastern Airlines, positions from which he led and oversaw all operations, helped engineer a major turnaround and reorganization, and participated in restructurings, numerous acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures during the airline industry's decade of post-deregulation adjustment and consolidation. He grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from Chicago's Loyola University and Harvard Law School where he was Articles Editor of the Harvard Law Review. Bakes served in the public sector in Washington, D.C., including as a Watergate Special Prosecutor, general counsel to a federal regulatory agency, and counsel to the U.S. Senate Antitrust Subcommittee. He also was Deputy Campaign Manager for the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy's 1979-1980 U.S. Presidential campaign. In 2001, he was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and The Association of Travel Marketing Executives (ATME) honored Bakes in May 2000 with their celebrated Atlas Award for Lifetime Achievement. He serves on both corporate and non-profit boards, is a member, local chapter co-founder, and former chapter chair of the World Presidents' Organization ("WPO") and, prior to that, was a member since 1985 of the Young Presidents' Organization ("YPO"). He is co-founder and former chairman of the South Florida Strategic Forum, a group of entrepreneurs, CEOs, and C-level executives.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Managing Partner, BBX Capital Partners
Education
Harvard Law School, JD (Doctor of Law)
Loyola University Chicago, BS (Bachelor of Science)
Gender
Male
Phone
+1 (954)
Address
  • Coral Gables, FL
  • United States

Phil Bakes JD Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
BBX Capital Partners Investor Managing Partner Fort Lauderdale, FL PE/Buyout

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