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Ben Carson Jr.

Interprise Partners | www.interprisepartners.com

Ben Carson Jr. is Co-Founder and Partner at Interprise Partners, a lowermiddle market private investment firm based in Maryland, where he assists in the overall guidance of the company and its portfolio. In this role, Mr. Carson focuses on the total financial health of Interprise and its holdings with an emphasis on capital structures, deal origination, and strategic planning. Complementing his prior experiences in investments and operations, he supports portfolio executive teams with capital market insights and growth strategies. Mr. Carson becomes directly involved with portfolio companies to support strategic alliances, business development, and corporate development initiatives.

Interprise Partners is one of the few minority owned private investment firms in the country. The firm primarily invests in healthcare, business services, and infrastructure companies with at least $1,000,000 of EBITDA. Each target investment is $3-30 million backing proven executive teams leading highly scalable businesses.

Mr. Carson has a dedicated interest in the success of Minority- and DisadvantagedBusiness-Enterprises (MBE/DBE) and has been an active advocate for supplier diversity and reform of current regulations. Mr. Carson has also supported multiple MBE/DBE companies as an investor, board member, and advisor and Interprise Partners www.interprisepartners.com continues to be routinely engaged in the MBE/ DBE business community.

Mr. Carson is also involved in the community and serves on several boards, including Tufts University (Tufts Entrepreneurship Center), YPO Southeast US, Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital Foundation Board, and The Carson Scholars Fund.

Mr. Carson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in Entrepreneurial Leadership from Tufts University. He is a recipient of Baltimore's 35 Under 35 award, the Envest Foundation's 40 Under 40 award, and DCA Live’s Rising Stars of GovCon.

VISION FOR THE FUTURE

Continue to build Interprise Partners and drive workforce development and education in underserved communities. With our continued focus on MBE/DBE investments, we believe that this traditionally underrepresented demographic could have a meaningful impact not only on their local communities, but also on the broader capital markets. If MBE/DBE businesses have access to capital, talent, and education they will be as (or more) successful than their non-MBE/DBE counterparts. As this reality continues to unfold, I hope to do my part to encourage the success of these capable and enterprising entrepreneurs.