Kent is a co-founder of GulfStar and has more than 40 years of investment banking experience, having successfully managed in excess of 150 M&A and financing transactions in a variety of industries. Prior to 1990, he was a Senior Vice President and Director of Rotan Mosle Inc. (1982 to 1990) and Manager of Investor Relations at Geosource Inc., an NYSE oil services company (1977 to 1980). Previously, Kent worked in the President Ford Administration as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior and the Counselor to the President (1975 to 1977). Kent has also served on more than 15 public and private company boards in the energy, industrial, healthcare, environmental, financial, consumer and nonprofit sectors.
Kent has an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an A.B. with honors from Brown University.
Recent Transactions
Industrial Services & Manufacturing
Environmental & Sustainability
Mergers & Acquisitions
Based in North Carolina, Wall Recycling is a premier provider of integrated waste and recycling solutions. With a commitment to sustainability and innovation, Wall Recycling provides full-service waste management for both commercial and consumer customers. This divestiture allows Wall Recycling to strategically focus on its core integrated waste operations. The Company plans to make additional acquisitions, looking to build upon its strong waste platform while maintaining its leadership in the North Carolina market.
Energy, Power & Infrastructure
Industrial Services & Manufacturing
Mergers & Acquisitions
Founded in 2008 and based in Alvin, Texas, Mat Tech has a complementary rental and transportation fleet that offers customers along the Gulf Coast mission critical products and services in support of maintaining, repairing and constructing industrial assets. The Company maintains a large and diverse inventory of mats, skids, pads, liquid containment tanks, portable toilets and other products. Mat Tech also transports and disposes of liquids and chemicals.
KSA Industries, Inc.
and Affiliates
Energy, Power & Infrastructure
Advisory Services
Adams is engaged in the marketing, transportation, and storage of crude oil through its subsidiaries GulfMark Energy, Inc, Victoria Express Pipeline, L.L.C., GulfMark Terminals, LLC; the transportation of liquid chemicals and dry bulk through its subsidiary Service Transport Company; and the recycling and repurposing of off-spec fuels, lubricants, crude oil and other chemicals through its subsidiaries, Phoenix Oil, Inc. and Firebird Bulk Carriers, Inc. The Company is listed on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol “AE.”
Energy, Power & Infrastructure
Raising Capital
Adams is engaged in crude oil marketing, transportation, terminalling and storage tank truck transportation of liquid chemicals and dry bulk and recycling and repurposing of off-spec fuels, lubricants, crude oil and other chemicals through its subsidiaries, GulfMark Energy, Inc., Service Transport Company, Victoria Express Pipeline, L.L.C., GulfMark Terminals, LLC, Phoenix Oil, Inc., and Firebird Bulk Carriers, Inc. The Company is listed on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol “AE.”
Industrial Services & Manufacturing
Mergers & Acquisitions Cross-Border Transactions
The 600 Group (ASE: SIXH.L) is a diversified engineering group with a world class reputation in the manufacture and distribution of machine tools, precision engineered components and laser industrial systems. The Company is headquartered in the United Kingdom and operates from locations in North America, Europe and Australia, selling into more than 100 countries worldwide. The Machine Tool Solutions Division has a strong reputation in the market for metal turning machines with products ranging from small conventional machines for education markets, CNC workshop machines and CNC production machines.
Industrial Services & Manufacturing
Mergers & Acquisitions
Metal-Matic is a global leader in the production of welded and drawn over mandrel carbon steel tubing for standard and specialty applications. The transaction included Metal-Matic’s four production facilities, which employ over 500 associates in Minnesota, Illinois and Ohio.
Energy, Power & Infrastructure
Environmental & Sustainability
Mergers & Acquisitions
Tanknology is the largest provider of environmental compliance testing and inspection services for retail fuel providers in the United States. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, the Company services more than 50,000 petroleum fueling and storage facilities per year, offers more than 30 compliance-related service offerings and holds 22 patents for leak detection and tank monitoring technology. Internationally, Tanknology licensees span more than 30 countries, providing services to the largest petroleum operators in the world.