Drew Bagot Bio

Drew is a founder and Managing Partner of Calidant Capital. Mr. Bagot has been a private equity investor for over 15 years, having also started and operated entrepreneurial businesses. Prior to Calidant, he was most recently an Associate Director at ORIX Americas, a principal investment arm of an international financial conglomerate with over $100 billion in assets, focusing on deploying $10-30 million into growing middle-market companies across myriad industries. Mr. Bagot was previously a senior analyst with Pharos Capital Group, a $1 billion private equity fund based in Dallas, TX and Nashville, TN that concentrates on the business services, healthcare, and technology sectors. Prior thereto, he served as the lead underwriter at Shoreline Capital, a private equity-focused family office in Dallas. Mr. Bagot attained a BBA in Finance with high honors from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, and is a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). Drew is based in Austin, and enjoys international travel, fly fishing, snowboarding, and spending time with his wife and two children.