James Carpenter Bio

James Carpenter is the founder and CEO of Riverside Management Group, LLC (RMG) for 27 years. RMG is a merchant bank with approximately 70 senior professionals and advisors who have completed billions of dollars of transactions as advisors, principal investors and as management. Mr. Carpenter focuses primarily on opportunities in sustainability (recycling, clean energy, environmental services), sports (European football) and TMT. Most recently he co-led the $8 billion merger of ReNew Power, one of the largest renewable companies in the world, with RMG Acquisition II and raising a nearly $1 billion private placement. He led as principal and sole arranger of $700 million of equity and debt for Atletico de Madrid. He also co-led as arranger and principal investor approximately $130 million investment in Build A Rocket Boy, a leading metaverse and video game company. Mr. Carpenter is the former CEO of Horsehead Industries (now Befesa), the largest zinc producer and largest recycler of hazardous waste in the US. While there he led a highly successful turnaround during all time low zinc prices. The company soon thereafter reached a valuation of nearly $2 billion. Mr. Carpenter was a founding investor and longtime advisor of Puraglobe (www.puraglobe.com), a world leader in waste oil recycling. He also is a founder of Mohegan Energy where he led the capital formation for the acquisition of Met Resources, a company with over 40 million tons of steel making resources. He has advised many institutional investors and family offices on a variety of opportunities. Mr. Carpenter is a board observer of Atletico de Madrid and Real Zaragoza. He graduated from Boston University in 1989 and holds the series 24, 82 & 63 securities licenses.