Chris is the Partner and Co-Founder of ATX Venture Partners. He started his first business at fourteen, was named the Special Operations Soldier of the Year, and has operated, advised, and invested in consumer service and tech companies for over fifteen years. Chris co-founded Virtus Financial Group (now a $3.5B private equity fund), and served as managing director of the private equity unit. Chris sold his interests in 2006 and co-founded EZ Money Pawn, bringing technology and eCommerce to the secured lending and pawn business. There after he co-founded Sneaky Games and was also their lead investor taking that to a successful exit via IPO. Chris has taken companies he has operated and invested in to exit via acquisition, merger, recapitalization and IPO.
Chris earned his B.A. in Business Administration & Economics from Campbell University and his M.B.A. from the Acton School of Business where he was the first alumnus to start an endowment to offer other deserving entrepreneurs the opportunity to change the world. Chris is on the board of the Boys & Girls Club and focuses on their STEM efforts for underprivileged children. He resides in Austin, Texas with his wife, son, and giant schnauzer Princess Leia.
He has been interviewed by Business Week, Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Forbes.
