Endeavor Midwest Welcomes Justin Brown as its New Managing Director
Endeavor Midwest welcomes Justin Brown as its new Managing Director.
Endeavor Midwest, a part of Endeavor Global, was initiated in 2015 by Founding Managing Director Jackson Andrews and Founding Board Chair, David Jones Sr, to support high-impact growth companies and their founders across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.
“The impact of Endeavor over the past 10 years is a testament to the entrepreneurs in our region,” said Andrews. “It is remarkable how far we have come and we are even more excited for a big future. We all want Endeavor’s future impact to be in great hands and we have found that person in Justin.”
“Justin is an outstanding entrepreneur and proven executive. His energy, background, and experience made him a standout in the search and will serve him well as our next Managing Director,” stated Matt Thornton, Endeavor Midwest’s Board Chair.
“Jackson has built an amazing organization and I’m excited to take the hand-off,” said Brown. “I’m ready to start working with Matt and the rest of this accomplished Board, the existing Endeavor Midwest team and Endeavor Global, and our cadre of incredible entrepreneurs and Endeavor companies. Let’s build.”
Justin is the Founder and will continue as Managing Partner of Bespoke Production Capital, an alternative credit fund focusing on film & media lending, lower-middle market growth credit, and debt underwriting services.
Endeavor Midwest will celebrate its 10-year anniversary at a High-Impact Bash on November 21st.
In 2023 alone, Endeavor Midwest generated over 4,500 hours of direct entrepreneurial activity and Midwest Endeavor Entrepreneur-led companies generated over $345 million in annual revenues and employ over 1,975 people.
About Justin Brown
Justin is the Founder and Managing Partner of Bespoke Production Capital, an alternative credit fund focusing on film & media lending, lower-middle market growth credit, and debt underwriting services.
He started his career working in real estate lending at Bank of America and investment banking at J.P. Morgan before coming home to Louisville, KY to help grow his family’s real estate development firm, The Marian Group. While at Marian, he was primarily responsible for developing and implementing Marian’s growth strategy, new business and project development, and spearheading the company’s financing and fundraising needs.
Outside of his professional life, he is newly appointed member of the TARC Board of Directors, a “Shoe Guy” Emeritus for Family Scholar House, and the Vice President of the Bonnycastle Club Foundation. He previously served on the Board of Boys & Girls Clubs of Kentuckiana and the Real Estate Venture Exchange. He was selected as a Louisville Business First “Forty Under 40” in 2018 and was a member of the 2021 class of Leadership Louisville’s Bingham Fellow. He did his undergraduate work at the University of South Carolina and received his MBA from Georgetown University.
About Endeavor
Endeavor is the world’s leading community of high-growth entrepreneurs. Founded in 1997, Endeavor unlocks the transformational power of entrepreneurship by selecting, supporting, and investing in the world’s top founders to help them achieve large-scale growth. Today, Endeavor operates in over 40 countries, 8 U.S. markets, and supports more than 2,000 entrepreneurs around the world. Those companies generate combined revenues of over $50 billion and employ more than 4 million people. Endeavor’s global venture capital fund, Catalyst, currently has $500 million in assets under management with a portfolio of 58 “unicorns” – companies valued over a billion dollars. Endeavor’s unique entrepreneur-first model, peer-to-peer community, and trust-based network provides a platform and resources for founders to dream bigger, scale faster, and reinvest in the next generation. In 2015, an Endeavor office was launched in Louisville, Kentucky as one of the first in the U.S. Our office supports Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio entrepreneurs. Learn more at www.endeavor.org.
