Brett D. Hoover
Managing Partner
Brett is a Founder and Managing Partner of Blue Investment Partners. He has 30 years of markets, financing, and operating experience at leading financial institutions, both on the buy and sell side.
Brett was most recently a Managing Director in the J.P. Morgan Private Bank, serving as Banker/Advisor to wealthy families principally from the financial services industry. His partnership with this preeminent client base focused on strategies and solutions to manage and optimize their balance sheet across investments, banking, and credit. Prior to joining the Private Bank, Brett was responsible for J.P. Morgan's Prime Brokerage business in the Western States. That business, in the Corporate and Investment Bank, provides custody and financing for Hedge Funds, traditional Asset Managers, and Family Offices. Throughout his 20 year career at J.P. Morgan, Brett has directly led coverage of several of their largest, most sophisticated, and highest profile institutional and individual family clients. He was a nine year member of the J.P. Morgan Chase California Operating Committee. Brett was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns prior to the J.P. Morgan merger and held roles in the Global Equity Division including Senior Relationship Manager, Equity Research Sales, and Equity Capital Markets.
Brett’s ten years of buy side experience includes roles as Securities Analyst, Director of Research, and Portfolio Manager at each of a leading hedge fund, a $2B+ family office, and a Fortune 100 corporate pension plan. Brett has managed investments along the entire spectrum of Traditional and Alternatives, across the full capital structure, and over the course of multiple cycles.
Brett graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a BA in Economics.
bhoover@blueinvpartners.com