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{{Short description|American businessperson}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Matthew Brown
| birth_place = [[Appleton]], [[Wisconsin]], U.S.
| education = [[Texas Christian University]]
| occupation = Businessman, investor, philanthropist
| known_for = Majority owner of Energent, L.P.<br />Chairman of Matthew Brown Companies
| spouse = {{marriage|Tawni Reynolds|2017|2021|end=divorced}}
}}
'''Matthew Brown''' is a Texas and Hawaiian-based entrepreneur, private equity/venture investor and space enthusiast.
He was previously the chairman at Tamra-Tacoma Capital Partners, a $500 million fund (with investments in Urban Green Energy and Leaf Solar Power), as well as asset manager Kona Private Capital Group, a ~$900 million fund for Hawaiian residential and commercial real estate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Karabus |first=Jude |title=Struggling Virgin Orbit in funding talks with VC |url=https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/24/virgin_orbit_sec_update/ |website=www.theregister.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Waters |first=Rick |date=2015-07-02 |title=TCU spirit with Neil DeGrasse Tyson |url=https://magazine.tcu.edu/blogs/comrades-true/tcu-spirit-with-neil-degrasse-tyson/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=TCU Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=Exactly who is the investor behind Virgin Orbit's failed $200 million rescue? |url=https://qz.com/exactly-who-is-the-investor-behind-virgin-orbits-failed-1850288151 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Quartz |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life and education ==
Brown was born in [[Appleton, Wisconsin]]. He attended [[Texas Christian University]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], Texas, but did not graduate.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
== Career ==
Brown is the founder and chairman of Energent, L.P. and Energent Infrastructure Fund, L.P., a private equity investment management firm<ref>{{Cite web |title=IAPD - Investment Adviser Public Disclosure - Homepage |url=https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/283736 |website=adviserinfo.sec.gov}}</ref> based in [[New York City|New York, New York]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Energent Infrastructure Fund: Profile, Returns & Limited Partners | PitchBook |url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/fund/16290-91F}}</ref>, and is the Chairman of his family office, Matthew Brown Companies, in [[Long Beach, California]], and [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]]. Energent's SEC registration was withdrawn in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uniform application for Investment Adviser Registration and Report by Exempt Reporting Advisers |url=https://reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov/reports/ADV/283736/PDF/283736.pdf |website=SEC.gov}}</ref> It last reported $125 million under management before going private as a family office.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-27 |title=Energent - Fund and Executive Details |url=https://privatefunddata.com/fund-companies/energent-lp/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Private Fund Data |language=en-US}}</ref>
Through Matthew Brown Companies and its investment group, Brown invests in biospace/tech, therapeutics, diagnostics and space ventures, including [[SpaceX]] and [[OpenAI]], among others.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roulette |first=Joey |last2=Krolicki |first2=Kevin |title=Insight: Virgin Orbit's would-be white knight and a $200 million rescue that fell flat |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/ae...200-million-rescue-that-fell-flat-2023-04-08/ |website=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheetz |first=Michael |date=2023-03-23 |title=Investing in Space: The latecomer |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/23/investing-in-space-the-virgin-orbit-latecomer-matthew-brown.html |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Brown Companies confirms it's in funding talks with Virgin Orbit • The Register Forums |url=https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/03/24/virgin_orbit_sec_update/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=forums.theregister.com}}</ref> Most recently, he was involved in the attempt to acquire Virgin Orbit Intellectual Property and intends to license it to the masses through one of his subsidiaries, Partager Aerospace<ref>{{Cite web |title=Partager Aerospace Company Profile: Valuation, Funding & Investors | PitchBook |url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/531159-94#overview}}</ref>, though with controversy.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Matthew Brown to Become Shareholder and Advisor to Partager Aerospace |url=https://www.prlog.org/12975240-matt...holder-and-advisor-to-partager-aerospace.html |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=PRLog}}</ref>
[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]] stated that Brown's business experience claims were "questionable"<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=March 31, 2023 |title=Exactly who is the investor behind Virgin Orbit's failed $200 million rescue? |url=https://qz.com/exactly-who-is-the-investor-behind-virgin-orbits-failed-1850288151 |website=Quartz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 10, 2023 |title=Virgin Orbit's Legal Showdown: Bankruptcy Triggers Threat of Action Against Prospective Investor |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/virgin-orbits-legal-showdown-bankruptcy-162921989.html |website=Yahoo Finance}}</ref> in the wake of the failed rescue of Virgin Orbit<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheetz |first=Michael |date=March 23, 2023 |title=Investing in Space: The latecomer |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/23/investing-in-space-the-virgin-orbit-latecomer-matthew-brown.html |website=CNBC}}</ref>, though Brown denies the accusations.
In addition, this was not Brown's first attack on the [[Virgin Orbit]] transaction, this time criticizing the Virgin Orbit board and management on his personal LinkedIn:<blockquote>"The same day Virgin Orbit announced it was pausing its operations (according to multiple media outlets), the Board approved a golden parachute severance plan for management. Given the unstable financial position of V.O. at the time, I "*****" not certain which is more egregious: that the Board would consider such a severance plan to be proper management oversight or that Management would consider it warranted."<ref>{{cite web |date=March 22, 2023 |title=Virgin Orbit raising $200 million from investor Matthew Brown, closing deal as soon as Thursday |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/22/virgin-orbit-nears-funding-deal.html |website=[[CNBC]]}}</ref></blockquote>Brown was a consultant to several institutions, including the [[University of California, Berkeley]], the Texas Tech Wind Institute, the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], among others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy |url=https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/sustainablewi/tool-box/energy-efficiency-renewable-energy/ |website=Sustainable WI}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
== Personal life ==
Brown married Tawni Catherine Reynolds on July 23, 2017, sister to Dallas socialite Miranda Hogue<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pease |first=Kate |title=Preppy Brunch Wedding at Firefly Gardens in Midlothian, Texas |url=https://www.theknot.com/real-weddin...-at-firefly-gardens-in-midlothian-texas-album |website=The Knot}}</ref>, friend of [[Taylor Swift]] and [[Brittany Mahomes]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2, 2023 |title=Brittany Mahomes' pal recaps Taylor Swift-filled weekend in NYC |url=https://nypost.com/2023/10/02/brittany-mahomes-pal-recaps-taylor-swift-filled-weekend-in-nyc/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lemoncelli |first=Jenna |last2= |first2= |last3= |first3= |date=2024-04-22 |title=Brittany Mahomes stuns during bikini-clad day with friends in Cabo |url=https://nypost.com/2024/04/22/sport...-during-bikini-clad-day-with-friends-in-cabo/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |language=en-US}}</ref>. Brown and Reynolds divorced on November 1, 2021. Brown resides in Hawaii.
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{{Short description|American businessperson}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Matthew Brown
| birth_place = [[Appleton]], [[Wisconsin]], U.S.
| education = [[Texas Christian University]]
| occupation = Businessman, investor, philanthropist
| known_for = Majority owner of Energent, L.P.<br />Chairman of Matthew Brown Companies
| spouse = {{marriage|Tawni Reynolds|2017|2021|end=divorced}}
}}
'''Matthew Brown''' is a Texas and Hawaiian-based entrepreneur, private equity/venture investor and space enthusiast.
He was previously the chairman at Tamra-Tacoma Capital Partners, a $500 million fund (with investments in Urban Green Energy and Leaf Solar Power), as well as asset manager Kona Private Capital Group, a ~$900 million fund for Hawaiian residential and commercial real estate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Karabus |first=Jude |title=Struggling Virgin Orbit in funding talks with VC |url=https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/24/virgin_orbit_sec_update/ |website=www.theregister.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Waters |first=Rick |date=2015-07-02 |title=TCU spirit with Neil DeGrasse Tyson |url=https://magazine.tcu.edu/blogs/comrades-true/tcu-spirit-with-neil-degrasse-tyson/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=TCU Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=Exactly who is the investor behind Virgin Orbit's failed $200 million rescue? |url=https://qz.com/exactly-who-is-the-investor-behind-virgin-orbits-failed-1850288151 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Quartz |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life and education ==
Brown was born in [[Appleton, Wisconsin]]. He attended [[Texas Christian University]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], Texas, but did not graduate.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
== Career ==
Brown is the founder and chairman of Energent, L.P. and Energent Infrastructure Fund, L.P., a private equity investment management firm<ref>{{Cite web |title=IAPD - Investment Adviser Public Disclosure - Homepage |url=https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/283736 |website=adviserinfo.sec.gov}}</ref> based in [[New York City|New York, New York]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Energent Infrastructure Fund: Profile, Returns & Limited Partners | PitchBook |url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/fund/16290-91F}}</ref>, and is the Chairman of his family office, Matthew Brown Companies, in [[Long Beach, California]], and [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]]. Energent's SEC registration was withdrawn in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uniform application for Investment Adviser Registration and Report by Exempt Reporting Advisers |url=https://reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov/reports/ADV/283736/PDF/283736.pdf |website=SEC.gov}}</ref> It last reported $125 million under management before going private as a family office.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-27 |title=Energent - Fund and Executive Details |url=https://privatefunddata.com/fund-companies/energent-lp/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Private Fund Data |language=en-US}}</ref>
Through Matthew Brown Companies and its investment group, Brown invests in biospace/tech, therapeutics, diagnostics and space ventures, including [[SpaceX]] and [[OpenAI]], among others.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roulette |first=Joey |last2=Krolicki |first2=Kevin |title=Insight: Virgin Orbit's would-be white knight and a $200 million rescue that fell flat |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/ae...200-million-rescue-that-fell-flat-2023-04-08/ |website=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheetz |first=Michael |date=2023-03-23 |title=Investing in Space: The latecomer |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/23/investing-in-space-the-virgin-orbit-latecomer-matthew-brown.html |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Brown Companies confirms it's in funding talks with Virgin Orbit • The Register Forums |url=https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2023/03/24/virgin_orbit_sec_update/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=forums.theregister.com}}</ref> Most recently, he was involved in the attempt to acquire Virgin Orbit Intellectual Property and intends to license it to the masses through one of his subsidiaries, Partager Aerospace<ref>{{Cite web |title=Partager Aerospace Company Profile: Valuation, Funding & Investors | PitchBook |url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/531159-94#overview}}</ref>, though with controversy.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Matthew Brown to Become Shareholder and Advisor to Partager Aerospace |url=https://www.prlog.org/12975240-matt...holder-and-advisor-to-partager-aerospace.html |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=PRLog}}</ref>
[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]] stated that Brown's business experience claims were "questionable"<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=March 31, 2023 |title=Exactly who is the investor behind Virgin Orbit's failed $200 million rescue? |url=https://qz.com/exactly-who-is-the-investor-behind-virgin-orbits-failed-1850288151 |website=Quartz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 10, 2023 |title=Virgin Orbit's Legal Showdown: Bankruptcy Triggers Threat of Action Against Prospective Investor |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/virgin-orbits-legal-showdown-bankruptcy-162921989.html |website=Yahoo Finance}}</ref> in the wake of the failed rescue of Virgin Orbit<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheetz |first=Michael |date=March 23, 2023 |title=Investing in Space: The latecomer |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/23/investing-in-space-the-virgin-orbit-latecomer-matthew-brown.html |website=CNBC}}</ref>, though Brown denies the accusations.
In addition, this was not Brown's first attack on the [[Virgin Orbit]] transaction, this time criticizing the Virgin Orbit board and management on his personal LinkedIn:<blockquote>"The same day Virgin Orbit announced it was pausing its operations (according to multiple media outlets), the Board approved a golden parachute severance plan for management. Given the unstable financial position of V.O. at the time, I "*****" not certain which is more egregious: that the Board would consider such a severance plan to be proper management oversight or that Management would consider it warranted."<ref>{{cite web |date=March 22, 2023 |title=Virgin Orbit raising $200 million from investor Matthew Brown, closing deal as soon as Thursday |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/22/virgin-orbit-nears-funding-deal.html |website=[[CNBC]]}}</ref></blockquote>Brown was a consultant to several institutions, including the [[University of California, Berkeley]], the Texas Tech Wind Institute, the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], among others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy |url=https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/sustainablewi/tool-box/energy-efficiency-renewable-energy/ |website=Sustainable WI}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
== Personal life ==
Brown married Tawni Catherine Reynolds on July 23, 2017, sister to Dallas socialite Miranda Hogue<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pease |first=Kate |title=Preppy Brunch Wedding at Firefly Gardens in Midlothian, Texas |url=https://www.theknot.com/real-weddin...-at-firefly-gardens-in-midlothian-texas-album |website=The Knot}}</ref>, friend of [[Taylor Swift]] and [[Brittany Mahomes]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2, 2023 |title=Brittany Mahomes' pal recaps Taylor Swift-filled weekend in NYC |url=https://nypost.com/2023/10/02/brittany-mahomes-pal-recaps-taylor-swift-filled-weekend-in-nyc/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lemoncelli |first=Jenna |last2= |first2= |last3= |first3= |date=2024-04-22 |title=Brittany Mahomes stuns during bikini-clad day with friends in Cabo |url=https://nypost.com/2024/04/22/sport...-during-bikini-clad-day-with-friends-in-cabo/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |language=en-US}}</ref>. Brown and Reynolds divorced on November 1, 2021. Brown resides in Hawaii.
== References ==
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