From NASA intern to investment banking to custom homebuilding. In this episode of SMU Stories, we interview Benjamin Lavine (BBA ’98, Cox School of Business), owner of Stone Acorn Builders, a Texas-based custom homebuilding firm. Lavine shares his path from finance major and NASA intern to management consulting and investment banking, and why he ultimately left the corporate sector to join his sister’s residential construction startup. He explains how financial modeling, cash flow disciplin...
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From NASA intern to investment banking to custom homebuilding. In this episode of SMU Stories, we interview Benjamin Lavine (BBA ’98, Cox School of Business), owner of Stone Acorn Builders, a Texas-based custom homebuilding firm. Lavine shares his path from finance major and NASA intern to management consulting and investment banking, and why he ultimately left the corporate sector to join his sister’s residential construction startup. He explains how financial modeling, cash flow disciplin...
From Engineering to Private Equity: Jimmy Watson’s Journey from SMU to Clavis Capital
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2 months ago
From Engineering to Private Equity: Jimmy Watson’s Journey from SMU to Clavis Capital
This week on SMU Stories, we sat down with SMU alumnus Jimmy Watson. Jimmy is currently a Managing Director at Clavis Capital Partners, a middle market private investment firm based in Dallas, where he has been for over seven years. Prior to his current role, Jimmy worked in FP&A at Demilec USA LLC, where he played a key role in the company’s acquisition by Huntsman Corporation. Before that, he was a management consultant at Riveron Consulting and EY, focusing on merger integration and pr...
The 1911 Group
From NASA intern to investment banking to custom homebuilding. In this episode of SMU Stories, we interview Benjamin Lavine (BBA ’98, Cox School of Business), owner of Stone Acorn Builders, a Texas-based custom homebuilding firm. Lavine shares his path from finance major and NASA intern to management consulting and investment banking, and why he ultimately left the corporate sector to join his sister’s residential construction startup. He explains how financial modeling, cash flow disciplin...
