Sep 13, 2021
On this episode of the Jason Cavness Experience I talk to Walter J. Whitehead – Managing Director of Madison Street Capital We talk about the following Attending Clark Atlanta and the decision to attend a HBCU Raising Capital The racial wealth gap What does a Managing Director do Walter’s Bio Walter J. Whitehead is a Managing Director at Madison Street Capital, LLC where he advises clients on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions. Prior to joining Madison Street Capital, Mr. Whitehead was Founder and Managing Partner at Hunter Baron, a lower middle market investment bank focused on capital raising and M&A advisory services. Prior to Hunter Baron, he was co-Founder & Managing Partner of A.J. Baron Capital, a global investment bank where he was responsible for Strategy and Operations. At Merrill Lynch Private Bank & Investment Group in Los Angeles he was on a small team of strategically managing $300,000,000; at J.P. Morgan Private Wealth Management he was on a small team of 3 in their Chicago-based Financial Leaders Team strategically managing $3,000,000,000. At Blackwater Capital Group, a Private Equity firm, he co-managed the strategic distribution of a $250,000,000 management buyout and venture capital fund across a multitude of industries including Business Services, Software, Defense, and Education. Mr. Whitehead graduated from Clark Atlanta University where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a dual concentration in Finance & International Business. He studied at The Harvard Business School (HBS) Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP), a competitive residential educational program designed to increase diversity and opportunity in business education. He was accepted to study in Oxford at Trinity College, one of several top-ranked medieval Oxford colleges under the educational auspices of the Oxford Study Abroad Programme. He also studied in Durban, South Africa at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal. He holds a Series 79 Investment Banking license, Series 7 General Securities license, and Series 63 Securities Agent State Law license. Walter’s Social Media Company Website: https://www.madisonstreetcapital.com/ Walter’s Email: W@HunterBaron.co Walter’s Gift You can reach out to Walter at his email to set up time for a 30 minute talk on finance, raising capital, solving the racial wealth gap or anything else. Walter’s Advice My family pillars are agape, authenticity and spiritual freedom. One of these quotes have been on my heart for a very long time. I think it encourages authenticity and it encourages, you to kind of just be you. It's from Renee Brown. She said that you either walk inside your story and own it. Or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness. To me what that encourages is when you see people oftentimes feel like they have to be something else to be accepted. Again, to me, acceptance is love, you have to try to be something else that you're not, economically, you're trying to be something that you're not romantically. You're trying to be something that you're not, socially or politically. This is when you're kinda are standing outside of your story, and you're trying to do things or go hustle for your worthiness. I think your worthiness ties to your acceptance and love. I think it's important to walk inside your own story and own it and really be you. I think people have a special tone, a special sound that the world wants to hear. A special taste that they can create in the kitchen or something like that. A special aroma that they're kind of creating. So be authentically you.