Drew Bagot Bio

Drew is the founder and Managing Partner of Serata Capital Partners. Mr. Bagot has been a private equity investor for nearly 20 years, having also started and operated companies, including as founder of Texas Standard, a consumer products business. He also concurrently manages a private equity portfolio in Calidant Capital, of which he is a founding partner. Prior to fostering his own private equity investments, Mr. Bagot was an Associate Director at ORIX Corporation (NYSE:IX), an international financial conglomerate with over $150 billion in assets, deploying $10-30 million into growing middle-market companies across myriad industries. Mr. Bagot was a senior analyst with Pharos Capital Group, a $1 billion private equity fund that concentrates on the business services, healthcare, and technology sectors, and prior thereto served as the lead underwriter at Shoreline Capital, a private equity-focused family office. 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 and chapter leader of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). Drew is based in Austin, and enjoys international travel, snowboarding, boxing, wake surfing, live music, and spending time with his wife and two children.