Bio

Following his passion for beverages and the unique opportunity to help entrepreneurs in the space fund and grow their businesses, Joe joined First | Bev in 2015. As changing consumer preferences continue to drive innovation, he is excited to work with and learn from the many beverage entrepreneurs that have built the industry into what it is today. Joe is involved with deal origination and execution across alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage transactions for the private equity team at First | Bev. Prior to joining the private equity team in 2017, he spent two years working on the First | Bev investment banking team, where he was involved in mergers and acquisitions in the craft beer, spirits and non-alcoholic beverage sectors, and worked on several transactions including the sales of both Hop Valley Brewing Company and Terrapin Brewing Company to MillerCoors/Tenth and Blake, Brooklyn Brewery in its minority investment from Kirin Holdings, 21st Amendment Brewery in its minority investment from Brooklyn Brewery and Avery Brewing Company in its minority investment from Mahou San Miguel. Prior to joining First | Bev, Joe worked as an Associate at Eastdil Secured, a commercial real estate investment bank in Los Angeles, where he helped underwrite and market over 1,300 properties totaling over 100 million square feet. Joe graduated cum laude from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business with a BS in Business Administration, double majoring in Finance and International Business. He is a native of Los Angeles, an alumni of Loyola High School, and enjoys surfing, skiing, fishing and hunting.