Hedge Fund - Becker Drapkin Management

Situated in Dallas, Texas, Becker Drapkin Management, founded in 2004 by Matthew Drapkin and Steven R. Becker, focuses on small-cap value situations within the U.S. equity markets. Steven R. Becker, aged 43, has been the Managing Partner and founder of Becker Drapkin Management (formerly Greenway Capital) since September 2004. Before establishing the firm, he served as a partner at Special Situations Funds, a New York City-based asset manager. Mr. Becker played a key role at Special Situations, joining in April 1997 and managing the Special Situations Private Equity Fund from its inception. His career also includes time at Bankers Trust Securities in distressed debt and leveraged equities research and at Manley Fuller Asset Management in New York as a small-cap analyst. Currently, Mr. Becker sits on the board of directors of SDIX Inc., a publicly traded life sciences company.

Matthew Drapkin, aged 37, became a partner at Becker Drapkin Management in December 2009. Prior to this, he served as the head of research, special situations, and private equity at ENSO Capital, a New York-based hedge fund, from March 2008 to October 2009. Between January 2003 and March 2008, Mr. Drapkin worked at MacAndrews & Forbes, a private investment firm, ultimately holding the position of Senior Vice President, Corporate Development. His diverse background also includes serving as the general manager of several Condé Nast internet sites and working as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Drapkin is currently on the board of directors of Alloy, Inc., a publicly traded media and marketing company, and Glu Mobile Inc., a publicly traded mobile games publisher. He is also a member of the Columbia Law School Board of Visitors. Mr. Drapkin holds an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University School of Business, a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, and a B.A. in American History from Princeton University.

Becker Capital Management, based in Portland, operates as a large advisory firm with 753 clients and discretionary assets under management (AUM) totaling $3,906,617,526, as per their Form ADV dated March 30, 2023. In their Q3 2023 13F filing, the firm reported $2,520,466,279 in managed 13F securities, featuring a top 10 holdings concentration of 25.42%.