Ep. 16 - Jack Daly

Jack Daly is the owner and CEO of TRX®, the market leader in SuspensionTraining—the iconic black and yellow straps in gyms and homes. Founded by former SEAL Team Six squadron commander Randy Hetrick, TRX has certified over 300,000 trainers and is trusted by pro athletes, pro trainers, and physical therapists, with a loyal community of millions of fitness enthusiasts around the world.Jack is the Managing Partner of JFXD Capital LLC, a private investment firm based in Delray Beach, Florida. Leveraging decades of global investment experience, the firm partners with innovative business leaders investing across the consumer, industrial, health/wellness, and business services sectors, often alongside unique founders building companies with special cultures and the ability to impact the world in a positive way. He also serves as a Senior Advisor to New North Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in teams who advance innovation (AI, cyber, and critical infrastructure) in the national interest.Prior to establishing JFXD Capital and acquiring TRX in 2022, Jack was a Partner at TPG Capital based in San Francisco, where he led TPG’s control investments in Industrials and Services. Prior to joining TPG in 2016, Jack served as a Partner at Goldman Sachs & Co. as the Head of Industrials Private Equity in the Americas. Prior to his seventeen years at Goldman Sachs, he spent six years on the faculty of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) teaching classes on product development, design, and manufacturing. He also briefly served as a Visiting Professor at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand.Jack has served on a number of private, public, and non-profit boards of directors and currently serves on the boards of TRX, Newlight Technologies, and the Navy SEAL Foundation (Treasurer). Jack received BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering from CWRU and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.