Chairman and Managing Director, Intrepid Investment Bankers

Freedman is founding principal of Intrepid Investment Bankers, which provides mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and strategic advisory services. During his four decades in investment banking and corporate finance, he has served as principal financial adviser in hundreds of capital raisings and M&A deals ranging in value from $20 million to more than $1 billion. In 1982, Freedman founded Barrington Associates, which was acquired by Wells Fargo in 2006. Freedman serves on various boards including the UCLA-Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Yosemite Conservancy and the Concern Foundation for Cancer Research.

YEARS ON THE LA500: 7