Matt Durham is currently the President at Brandless and Vice President at Clarke Capital Partners. His career has been predominately focused on the consumer sector, with primary experience meeting at the intersection of investing in and operating consumer product brands. A people-first, results oriented leader, Matt is highly-respected for his ability to create a strong team culture while advancing the organization’s capabilities to scale and accelerate growth, which has led to progressive go-to-market approaches and ultimately, unprecedented business results.

Prior to joining Brandless & Clarke Capital, Matt ran $100M to billion-dollar iconic American Brands like Tylenol, Visine, Lactaid, and others at Johnson & Johnson’s U.S. Self Care/OTC business. His team drove double digit growth on every business they worked on over the six years he was there. He also oversaw multiple acquisition and divestiture opportunities, including the acquisition of the Zarbee’s Naturals brand, which he then ran and subsequently more than doubled in less than a year and a half. Zarbee’s became the highest performing acquisition for J&J for two years in a row.

Earlier in Matt’s career, he worked at Goldman Sachs in the asset management division, which focused on utilizing fundamental research to target businesses with favorable growth and conducted bottoms up research to ensure the companies had attractive value. This experience was the initial catalyst to his own investing and entrepreneurial endeavors in launching, buying, and selling his own businesses. These experiences and more have given him a uniquely strong background that enables him to drive top & bottom-line business growth and play a valuable role in acquiring, integrating, and scaling businesses.

Matt earned his MBA from Brigham Young University, as a Hawes scholar and student body president. He lived in Pennsylvania and Connecticut before returning to Utah with his wife, Anne, and their five beautiful children.