Sean is the Founder & GP of v96 Capital (a long-term holding company), currently with two portfolio companies, and the Founder & Executive Director of The Charlotte ETA Group (a nonprofit), and Of Counsel at SMB Law Group.

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Through Planchard Ikigai, Sean's personal HoldCo, Sean has taken 17 private positions in venture-backed startups and brick & mortar businesses / investment funds. "Ikigai," for those unfamiliar, is a Japanese term for "purpose" defined as the intersection of what generates wealth and good for the world while also bringing joy and income.

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More important than all of this, Sean is an imperfect Christian who lives out his mission to love others through serving, learning, earning, teaching, and sharing each day. Before setting out to "bet on himself" (with God as his foundation), Sean collected plenty of "gold stars" (of which he is quite proud, but he adamantly maintains do not define him). Among these, Sean:

• is a former McKinsey consultant
• graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in the top 25% of his class where he served as President of the Student Government
• served as Fulbright Scholar in Madrid Spain
• was nominated as one of the best teachers in Teach For America's 2011 Dallas-Forth Worth corps, and
• graduated from the University of Colorado-Boulder as the top graduate in the Political Science school, summa cum laude, With Distinction, and Phi Beta Kappa

Sean is happiest reading, studying (and drinking) of wine (WSET Level 1 Certified), and practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (White Belt).