Managing Partner

Jake Capps has been a private equity investor for two decades with a passion for the consumer sector. Jake founded Meaningful Partners to create an investment platform with a community of accomplished executives all devoted to serving others to empower and accelerate growth in leaders who will define the next generation with a commitment to positive purpose.  Prior to starting Meaningful Partners, Jake worked at three large private equity firms where he had the pleasure of connecting with hundreds of talented founders, CEOs, operators, executives and beyond with a wide range of superpowers and domain expertise across the consumer sector. Through this, Jake developed pattern recognition of what it takes to build a sustainable consumer business (and what to avoid). Jake has led or co-led investments in dozens of companies deploying over $1.5 billion of equity capital.  Jake is originally from Texas but now resides in Manhattan Beach, CA with his high school sweetheart (now wife) and three awesome children. Jake holds a BA from Dartmouth College where he was co-captain of the Men's basketball team and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Managing Partner

By emphasizing purpose, customer and team, Amin has a demonstrated track record in working with growth stage, private equity backed and global Fortune 100 companies over two decades. Prior to founding Meaningful Partners with Jake, Amin served as CEO of Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ: SFM), one of the largest healthy grocers in the United States. Over seven years, Amin helped lead the company from $600mm to $5+ billion in sales, 4,000 to 30,000 employees and helped take the company public in 2013; yielding top decile returns to its private equity shareholders over a four-year period. Prior to Sprouts, Amin served in key global strategic roles at Burger King Corporation including strategy and finance. During his tenure, Amin supported mature markets, including U.S. and Europe, as well as growth in Asia and Latin American countries including entry into China, Brazil, Russia and India.  Amin helped the company go public in 2006, which yielded top decile returns to its private equity shareholders.

With the belief that serving those less fortunate is not an opportunity but a responsibility, Amin has been involved in global service work for over two decades around health, education and economic development in Sub-Sahara Africa, former Soviet Union countries, India and the United States. Amin attended the Harvard Business School Management Program and has an undergraduate degree from the University of Houston. Amin and his wife Zahara have two college-attending children.

Principal

Pierre joins Meaningful Partners from Castanea Partners, a consumer-focused private equity firm, where he worked on buyout and growth equity transactions exclusively in the consumer sector. He was immediately drawn to Meaningful Partners given its Purpose + Profit approach and hasn’t looked back since joining in 2019. He has broad consumer experience beginning his career in the consumer investment banking group at Piper Jaffray & Co. Following Piper Jaffray, Pierre worked at Netflix in their Strategy and Planning group.

Pierre is originally from St. Louis, Missouri, but now lives in Playa Vista, CA. He graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College with a BA in Government.

Kevin joins Meaningful Partners from Irving Place Capital, a middle-market private equity firm based in New York, where he worked on a variety of transactions across the consumer, industrial and packaging sectors. Kevin was immediately drawn to Meaningful Partners given its Purpose + Profit mission and approach and has not looked back since joining in 2021. Kevin has broad consumer experience beginning his career in the consumer & retail investment banking group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Kevin is originally from Ellicott City, Maryland. He graduated from Cornell University with a BS in Applied Economics and Management.

Autumn joins Meaningful Partners from MidOcean Partners, a middle-market private equity firm based in New York, where she worked on a variety of transactions across the consumer and business services sectors. Autumn was drawn to Meaningful Partners’ Purpose + Profit philosophy and is excited to assist in the growth of purposeful businesses. Autumn started her career in the generalist M&A investment banking group at Greenhill & Co. Autumn is originally from Kapaa, Hawaii and graduated from Middlebury College with a BA in International Politics & Economics.

Executive Assistant 

Chelsey joins Meaningful Partners from Heartland Payment Systems, a financial technology services company, where she was the founding member of a specialized team that worked with entrepreneurs to lower client attrition and audit the full customer experience cycle. Chelsey pivoted her career in 2019 to become a work-from-home mom and joined Meaningful Partners to support its Purpose + Profit mission with her thoughtful, client-focused approach. She has experience in the nonprofit sector, corporate conference event planning, and working with a wide array of entrepreneurs.

Chelsey is originally from New Smyrna Beach, Florida, but now enjoys four seasons in Louisville, KY. After a national championship in doubles and earning NJCAA All-American honors in women's tennis, she graduated from Southeastern University with a BA major in Communication and minor in Business Management.