Preston Moister Bio

Preston Moister is the Founder and Managing Director of Third Century. He has directed the firm’s development since its formation and approves all Investment Committee activities. Mr. Moister has spent his career in principal investing and corporate financial advisory. Prior to Third Century, Mr. Moister invested on behalf of HQ Capital, a New York-based private equity firm with $4.5 billion under management. While at HQ Capital, he completed a number of successful private equity investments, totaling $420 million in committed capital across three dedicated funds. In addition, Mr. Moister managed proprietary relationships for the firm and helped raise new capital for a series of investment vehicles. Mr. Moister began his career in New York at Goldman, Sachs & Co., supporting the Whitehall Street Funds in the Principal Investment Area. He has also held investment banking positions for Merrill Lynch & Co. and Lazard Ltd., where he executed merger and acquisition, buyout, recapitalization, and public offering transactions for industrial, technology, business services and energy businesses. Mr. Moister is originally from Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended The Westminster Schools. He holds a BA with Honors from Vanderbilt University, an MBA from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, and an OPM distinction from Harvard Business School.