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Founded in 2004 from a top tier family office

DPG Investments is a recognized, premier multi-strategy global private equity,
merchant banking, alternative investment, and multi-family office advisory firm.

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Our industry expertise and
superior transaction execution
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“A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.
His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him,
and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.”
– Niccolo Machiavelli

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Providing Entrepreneurial
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Capital Solutions

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DPG is a multi Strategy financier with over $2 Billion in capital
committed across a broad range of sectors and strategies.

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Todd Owen

Managing Director of DPG-Clearwater

DPG-Clearwater is focued on internal and external security, Asset Recovery, and specialized Due Diligence

Todd has served our country as a member of the US Navy SEAL Teams and has worked globally for our government. Todd serves as director to a global risk mitigation firm comprised of diversely skilled subject matter experts with varying backgrounds and skill sets that combine extraordinary capability, relentless work ethic with noble services. Todd is a multi-disciplinary operator with over 20 years of government and local law enforcement experience He serves transnational corporations, governments and select private entities. Todd Facilitates asset recovery operations and full due diligence packages for private equity companies, investment banks and hedge funds with a global footprint. Todd Consults on the following: Threat & Vulnerability Assessments, Kidnap, Ransom & Extortion (KRE), Facility Security Plans, Emergency & Disaster plans, Courier Services, Executive Protection, PSD, Penetration Testing and more.

Todd utilizes his network that includes US Secret Service (White Collar Crime), US State Department, FBI, and relationships with local law enforcement to create rapid solutions for the afflicted globally. He prides himself in his ability to rapidly create crisis contingency plans on whatever scale globally applying immediate attention, skilled personnel and engaging in a moments’ notice.

 

Mark A. Smith

Advisor

Mr. Smith serves as an advisor and partner to DPG Investments, whereby DPG is an investor and member in GrandRock Capital. He has over 22 years experience in investment banking, asset management, hedge funds and capital markets. Mr. Smith current clients include some of the top hedge fund, multi-strategy fund of funds and private equity managers in the business while its investor base includes institutions and family offices from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the US.

Mark is the founder of GrandRock Capital, a boutique investment banking firm that provides corporate financial advisory services for a variety of middle market companies across a broad spectrum of industries and also serves as a fund placement agent for private equity, venture capital, real estate and hedge fund managers. Prior to founding GrandRock Capital, Mr. Smith served as Director of Marketing for Ares Management www.aresmgmt.com, a $20 billion private equity and high yield asset manager located in Los Angeles; and was the founding partner and CEO of ING Capital Advisors for over 8 years, where he helped build and manage a 65 person, $7 billion asset management business focused on the US and European high yield leveraged finance market. Additional experiences include: investment banking and corporate finance with Citicorp Securities; portfolio management at AIG-Sun America; and a European Investment Banking position for two years with Bankers Trust in London.

Mr. Smith received his Masters of Finance from the University of Baltimore and his BS in Business Administration at Salisbury University in Maryland.

A.C. Green

Advisor

Mr. Green serves as an advisor and partner to DPG Investments. In his professional career, Mr. A.C. Green spent 16 seasons in the NBA, and won three champions with the Los Angeles Lakers spanning three decades (in 1987, 1988, and 2000), beginning with teammates such as Showtimes' Magic Johnson, Coach Pat Riley, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and James Worthy, and ending with Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Robert Horry, Derek Fisher, and Coach Phil Jackson. A.C. is the only player in Laker history to win a championship in the "Fabulous" Forum and Staples Center. A.C. also played with Charles Barkley and the Phoenix Suns, Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks, and Alonzo Mourning's Miami Heat. A.C. is known as the NBA's Iron Man, having played in 1,192 straight games (surpassing Randy Smith's 907 consecutive games played on November 20, 1997). A.C. was the Lakers' first-round selection in the 1985 college draft, 23rd selection overall. He became the first Lakers' rookie since LeRoy Ellis in the 1962-63 season to appear in every game. He was selected by NBA coaches to the league's all defensive second team in 1988-89, and was voted by his fans as a starter for the 1990 NBA All-Star Game. A.C. recorded a career high 35 points on January 15, 1994.

Mr. Green attended Oregon State, and graduated with a degree in Speech Communication. During college, A.C. was a third-team All-American as a senior, and the 1984 PAC-10 Player of the Year. He led the Oregon State Beavers to the NCAA tournament three times, their most success coming during their 1982 "Elite Eight" appearance where they unfortunately lost to Patrick Ewing's Georgetown Hoyas.

A.C. remains actively involved in the community and humanitarian efforts. Outside of basketball, A.C.'s heart is dedicated to working with youth. Because of his love for young people, A.C. established the A.C. Green Youth Foundation in 1989, with the main focus on sexual abstinence education. Through his "I've Got the Power" and "Game Plan" abstinence curriculum, videos, leadership camps, and web site, A.C.'s mission is to help young people build self-esteem and character, and learn moral and ethical principles which will help them make responsible decisions.

A.C. is a youth mentor, author, speaker, and successful businessman. His business interests have included ownership of numerous Denny's Restaurants and a Hyundai dealership, as well as various entrepreneurial pursuits. A.C. is also in demand as a business consultant and lecturer. A.C. is a role model that youth across America can respect, and for this he was recognized in the House of Representatives' Congressional Record of October 26, 1999 and by President George Bush when A.C. attended a ceremony in the Oval Room during Black History Month in 2006. In the course of his business ventures and community service, A.C. has made speaking appearances across the world, in countries such as China, India, Mexico, Korea, Malaysia, and the Philippines. He has also appeared on television and radio programs throughout the country, including Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, 20/20, Rush Limbaugh, Donahue, The Montel Williams Show, and The O'Reilly Factor.

William W. Raffaele

Director of Business Development for Eastern Region

William W. Raffaele has 20 years of experience with diversified financial services institutions and multi strategy private investment strategies.

Bill is responsible for business development for DPG both origination and co investment, Bill will focus on origination investment and advisory opportunities across various sectors, Bill will lead in structuring and distributing DPG proprietary capital solutions through sophisticated alternative investment strategies with a focus on special situations in real estate, alternative energy, private equity and a myriad of specialty and corporate finance opportunities.

Bill formerly was a Co-Founder and Senior Principal of Warren Wealth Advisors, LLC - a wealth advisory firm with offices located in Greenwich, CT and an affiliate office in Toronto, Canada. He was responsible for the overall business development of the firm’s high net worth (HNW) and ultra high net worth (UHNW) advisory services, including the integration of its comprehensive, technology-enabled wealth management platform, as well as market penetration strategies and client acquisition initiatives. As Securities Principal he created and supervised the firm’s policies and procedures, risk management and oversaw the operations process to assure accuracy, consistency, efficiency and the adherence to the compliance of industry regulations and principles.

Prior to Warren Wealth Advisors, Mr. Raffaele was a Partner at Concorde Funding Group, Ltd., a leading metropolitan region mortgage banker/broker specializing in conventional commercial and residential financing, as well as a broad range of specialty capital, including bridge mortgages, mezzanine loans, preferred equity and other structured debt and equity products. He was primarily responsible for the syndication, product management and consulting responsibilities for structured commercial and residential financing to a captive client base and external real estate development groups. Mr. Raffaele developed a niche for special situation, time-critical and difficult financings for smaller and middle market, short-term bridge loans secured by most types of commercial and investment property, focusing on loans from $1,000,000 to $20,000,000. He helped existing real estate owners and investors restructure and/or acquire non-performing loans. During his tenure at Concorde, Bill led his team to over 2 billion in total property financing.

Mr. Raffaele was formerly a Financial Consultant with Merrill Lynch from 1998-1999 and Morgan Stanley from 1994-1998 and is a licensed Securities Representative, Securities Principal and Uniform Investment Adviser.

Ziad K. Abdelnour

Advisor

Ziad K. Abdelnour, founder of Blackhawk Partners, Inc. is a trusted partner to DPG investments. DPG in conjunction with Blackhawk partnership specifically focuses on management led and leveraged buyouts, private equity transactions, and targeted alternative investments across all sectors. Mr. Abdelnour’s experience and reputation remains valuable to DPG, while allowing DPG to expand its East Coast global markets presence with Blackhawk Partners.

Mr. Abdelnour is a dealmaker, trader and financier with over 25 year experience in merchant banking, private equity, alternative investments and physical commodities trading. Since 1985, Mr. Abdelnour has been involved in over 125 transactions in the investment banking, high yield bond and distressed debt markets and has been widely recognized for playing an integral role in those three key market sectors.

Before founding Blackhawk Partners, Inc., a New York based private equity ”family office” that focuses on originating, structuring and acting as equity investor in management-led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations, buildups, and growth capital financings, Mr. Abdelnour held numerous senior positions at European American Advisors; Inc.,; THCG Inc .(formerly Hambro America Securities); Ladenburg Thalmann and Drexel Burnham Lambert’s High Yield Bond Department where his responsibilities included investing, financing and restructuring over 100 companies spanning the industrial, logistics, consumer and manufacturing industries both in the US as well as in emerging markets.

Mr. Abdelnour has extensive connections with the Washington political, government and intelligence establishments having served since 1994 as a friend and advisor to a number of agencies and organizations associated with such entities in various capacities; especially when dealing with fiscal and foreign policy matters.

On a more personal level, Mr. Abdelnour is Founder and President of the United States Committee for a Free Lebanon (USCFL), Founder and Chairman of the Financial Policy Council, Member of the Board of Governors of the Middle East Forum and Former President of the Arab Bankers Association of North America.

Mr. Abdelnour enjoys an American and Lebanese dual citizenship and holds an MBA in financial engineering from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Economics, Summa Cum Laude, from the American University of Beirut . He is also a regular panelist and speaker on private equity and venture capital topics at industry conferences.

Fred Barber

Director of Operations and Technology

Director of Operations and Technology of DPG Lending, LLC, DPG Private Capital, LLC, DPG Capital Markets, LLC and various DPG sponsored entities.

Mr. Barber is located in DPG’s Atlanta office. Fred has over 25 years of entrepreneurial business experience and adds value to all counter parties. He is primarily responsible for oversight of DPG and affiliates’ various operations and technology implementation. Prior to joining DPG, he served as the Chief Operations Officer for Dividend America, LLC, which DPG acquired, where he deployed systems and process strategies that created efficiencies for the origination, tracking, and processing of loan and investment opportunities in a pipeline approaching a total value of $1 billion. Mr. Barber will implement these same processes into DPG for the underwriting, processing and efficient deployment of DPG private capital allocations.

Mr. Barber began his career as a founding partner and vice president of Scientific Retail Systems, Inc., where he oversaw the design, development, and support of a suite of innovative software and hardware technology products tailored specifically to independent retail pharmacies that have served hundreds of clients across the country.  These products increased profitability and decreased cost associated with production and process thereby increasing the overall profitability of the business that deployed his unique software and hardware products. Mr. Barber’s systematic leadership will allow him to serve as a key contributor to all DPG financings and investments.

He obtained a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from GMI Engineering & Management Institute (now Kettering University) in Flint, Michigan .

Chandler A. Yelton

Director

Chandler A. Yelton is Director of Corporate Finance and Alternative Investments for DPG Investments. Mr. Yelton specializes in performing due diligence, sourcing, structuring and executing investments and managing private equity transactions within the corporate finance group. Having an extensive experience in management, business development, risk analysis, contracts, strategic alliances, accounting and finance, Mr. Yelton brings wide knowledge base and unique skillset to the execution of related transactions and investments. His career has included experience in multiple industries including manufacturing, healthcare, staffing, information technology, aerospace, higher education and non-profit.

Mr. Yelton is an accomplished corporate executive with over fifteen years of experience in financial and operational leadership positions at companies like Honeywell International, Manpower, and Option 1 Nutrition.  Mr. Yelton is on the board and holds the position of Senior Vice President and CFO for Justice University (opens Fall of 2014), which is a unique faith-based, liberal arts university committed to social justice, sustainability, the arts, fair trade, ending extreme poverty, and making the world better.

Mr. Yelton graduated from Arizona State University and holds both a Master’s in Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance.

Craig Sherman

Senior Analyst DPG Real Estate Finance

Craig Sherman is a Senior Analyst in DPG real estate finance group involved in underwriting, asset management, site inspections, due diligence and client management. Prior to joinging DPG, Craig spend over 10 years advising Morgan Stanley's global real estate team.  Craig has vast experience in addressing complex real estate challenges from loan workouts, receivership and portfolio purchases in the RTC era, to the analysis and financing of office buildings, apartments, hotels, mixed use and residential projects over the past two decades. He has underwritten the entire capital stack on virtually every type of real estate asset on behalf of lending institutions, owners, investors, creditors and borrowers on three continents. Worldwide valuation experience exceeds $90 Billion in face value of debt.


Speaker at various conferences on note sales and distressed debt. Track record of addressing complex client requirements across United States, Europe & Asia. Hands on experience in large portfolio acquisitions and dispositions, financial analysis, due diligence, corporate valuation, and real estate management including financing.

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DPG stands as an exemplar in the field of sophisticated investment strategies, with a focused aim to deliver attractive, risk-adjusted returns. Offering a broad range of nontraditional, alternative investment avenues such as real estate, energy, and corporate private equity, DPG's approach is as versatile as it is innovative. Guided by objectives that span diversification, capital preservation, and long-term performance, DPG strives to generate absolute returns that remain uncorrelated to global equity and bond markets. At DPG, we take immense pride in delivering tailored capital solutions through a disciplined yet entrepreneurial approach.

Our commitment to adaptability, strategic planning, and financial acumen empowers us to continue to lead and innovate in the ever-changing landscape of investment.