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Todd Friant joined American Capital in July 2005 as part of Energy Team in the Dallas office. Prior to joining American Capital, Mr. Friant was a Director at Hunt Resources, where he spent two years assisting in the build-out of Hunt Consolidated's (holding company for the oil and real estate businesses of Ray Hunt) energy-focused private equity initiative. While at Hunt, Mr. Friant originated, evaluated and managed a broad range of investments across all energy sectors. Prior to Hunt, Mr. Friant worked at Simmons and Company in Houston, Texas where he specialized in merger and acquisition advisory assignments principally for oil field service companies. Before this, Mr. Friant worked at Salomon Smith Barney in the Financial Entrepreneur's Investment Banking Division in New York. At Salomon, Mr. Friant specialized in equity and debt underwriting and merger and acquisition advisory assignments for private equity groups across all industries. Mr. Friant's responsibilities include serving as a board member of Consolidated Utility Services, Inc. and BPWest, Inc.
Todd earned a B.B.A. in Accounting and an M.S. in Finance, summa cum laude from Texas A&M University. | 