Investing in Disruptive Consumer Brands: Stride Consumer’s Juan Marcos Hill

In this episode, we speak with Juan Marcos Hill, a Partner at Stride Consumer Partners, which is a private equity firm that focuses on investing in the next generation of great consumer brands. Founded in 2019, Stride’s unique approach brings together a fully integrated team of successful investors working alongside seasoned operators to help high-growth and disruptive consumer products and services businesses hit their stride. The Stride Consumer team has worked with the founders and teams of Brew Dr, drybar, Essentia, First Aid Beauty, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, Simms Fishing Products, Tatcha, Urban Decay, and Yasso, among other brands. Juan Marcos’ passion for founder-led business began at an early age on his family’s coffee farm in El Salvador. Growing up in a family business cultivated his desire to understand the challenges of growing a business and the people behind them. Before joining Stride, he was with Castanea and Bain & Company. Juan Marcos supports Glasswing International. To learn more about this organization click here. I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode, click to subscribe.