Zach Coopersmith Bio

Mr. Coopersmith is a Partner and investor within Leading Ridge Capital Partners. Prior to co-founding Leading Ridge, he worked in the Distressed Credit group for Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital after spending time in both their high yield research and proprietary equity investing divisions. Mr. Coopersmith graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School with a B.S. in Economics concentrating in Finance and Entrepreneurship, receiving numerous awards and honor society memberships for leadership, entrepreneurship, and academic achievement. Mr. Coopersmith is Chair of the New Leadership Council for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York, and was named one of New York's Top 20 Philanthropists Under 40 by the New York Observer. He is a member of the Wharton Private Equity Partners as well as the Association for Corporate Growth.