Our Meet the Professionals series puts students in the room with leaders and innovators across varied professions. On Tuesday, January 24th, our Carver students at Norwalk High School had the opportunity to sit down with Matthew I. Rebold, Managing Partner at Osprey Partners LLC.
Matt wasted no time in telling our students his keys to success. His 4 Life Points identify the most crucial values of an accomplished adult.
Matt Rebold (left), Managing Partner of Osprey Partners LLC since 1996, gives Norwalk High School students 4 “life points” to steward professional success.
Hard Work, Persistence, Flexibility, and Belief in Your Product. As an undergrad, Matt told our students, he had no idea what he would do for a career. What he did have, however, was the dedication to work hard and persevere through adversity. In his senior year at Duke University, Matt realized that this core drive was the foundation of a powerhouse entrepreneur. But effort alone does not win the day. Flexibility, Matt said, can be make-or-break at critical junctures. Things rarely work out perfectly, and Matt impressed upon our students the power of getting one’s foot in the door—even when it isn’t the path one had initially envisioned. Finally, belief in your product (whether that product is yourself, your business, or your dream), is what Matt credits with rounding out his success. “Dare to be different,” he told our students. “It’s one thing to have a dream. It’s another to take action.”
Our students left Matt’s Meet the Professionals talk with unique insight and preparation to achieve their goals. Matt will be working with more Carver students in the coming weeks to provide lessons in financial literacy. As an alum of the university, he is also looking forward to talking to our teens who will be visiting Duke as part of Carver’s 51st Spring College Tour in April, which will include school campus tours in North and South Carolina. Thank you, Matt, for being a dedicated resource and mentor to our students!
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Matt Rebold was the Managing Partner of Osprey Partners LLC, a broker dealer which specialized in the private placement of hedge funds. He is now semi retired and manages Bold Osprey LLC, his family holding company. Osprey raised over $1.2 billion for its clients during its existence. Prior to Osprey, Matt was Director of Marketing for Tiger Management Corporation in a period where assets grew from $400 million to approximately $4 billion under management. He was also on the Board of Directors for Lifesync Corporation and Fairfield Theater Company and continues to serve as Managing Director of Glenwood Capital. Matt additionally served as an advisor to Wellston Coal. We at Carver are so grateful to Matt for giving his time to our students.
