Sterling Brinkley
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Sterling B. Brinkley Jr is currently a private investor and the chairman of EZCorp
, a billion dollar short term loan provider with operations (through its subsidiaries) in the US, UK, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Mexico, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. He is also Deputy Chairman of Albemarle & Bond, the largest Pawnbroker in the UK. Brinkley started his career at the United States Department of Labor
, where he was given a lifetime achievement award at age 24. While working for the government, he was recruited by Lehman Brothers
to work for Peter George Peterson
's Corporate advisory
department. When Brinkley turned 29 years old, he became one of Lehman's youngest partners and was made managing director of the firm's corporate finance department. In 1986 Brinkley was pushed out of Lehman for side dealing. He rejected an offer from Goldman Sachs
, to join secretive, Australian investor Phillip Ean Cohen
and his boutique Private Equity
firm, Morgan Schiff & Co.
. Brinkley currently lives in Austin, Texas
. He is the Deputy Chairman of Albemarle & Bond, and was previously Chairman of Friedman's Inc.
, Pietrefesa Corporation, and Crescent Jewelers. He is also a boardmember of Farmer's Journal, Agweb, and Albemarle & Bond (Deputy Chairman). He was chairman of Friedman's Inc and Crescent Jewelers when both companies declared bankruptcy—the largest jewelry bankruptcy of all time.
EZCorp
EZCorp is the largest pawn shop operator in the world by market capitalization. It is a publicly traded company based in Austin, Texas. The company is primarily involved with retail, payday lending, signature loans, and pawn lending....
, a billion dollar short term loan provider with operations (through its subsidiaries) in the US, UK, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Mexico, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. He is also Deputy Chairman of Albemarle & Bond, the largest Pawnbroker in the UK. Brinkley started his career at the United States Department of Labor
United States Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics. Many U.S. states also have such departments. The...
, where he was given a lifetime achievement award at age 24. While working for the government, he was recruited by Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial services firm. Before declaring bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth largest investment bank in the USA , doing business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker...
to work for Peter George Peterson
Peter George Peterson
Peter G. Peterson is an American businessman, investment banker, fiscal conservative, author, and politician whose most prominent political position was as United States Secretary of Commerce from February 29, 1972, to February 1, 1973 under Richard Nixon. He is most well known currently as...
's Corporate advisory
Corporate advisory
Corporate advisory refers to the activity of advising organisations, including corporations, institutions and government bodies, on mergers and acquisitions and other transactions that involve a change in ownership of a company or business...
department. When Brinkley turned 29 years old, he became one of Lehman's youngest partners and was made managing director of the firm's corporate finance department. In 1986 Brinkley was pushed out of Lehman for side dealing. He rejected an offer from Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...
, to join secretive, Australian investor Phillip Ean Cohen
Phillip Ean Cohen
Phillip Ean Cohen is an Australian private equity investor. He was featured in Rainmaker by Anthony Bianco.-Biography:Cohen grew up in Melbourne, Australia where he was a determined Australian Rules Football player. He started his career at Kuhn Loeb, and was tagged as a rising star in the Mergers...
and his boutique Private Equity
Private equity
Private equity, in finance, is an asset class consisting of equity securities in operating companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange....
firm, Morgan Schiff & Co.
Morgan Schiff & Co.
Morgan Schiff & Co. was an investment house founded by Phillip Ean Cohen which was a prominent Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity firm from its founding in the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. The firm was discontinued after the bankruptcy of Friedman's Inc., the largest jewelry bankruptcy of...
. Brinkley currently lives in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. He is the Deputy Chairman of Albemarle & Bond, and was previously Chairman of Friedman's Inc.
Friedman's Inc.
Friedman's Inc. was a US company that owned and operated fine jewelry specialty stores under the names Friedman's Jewelers and Crescent Jewelers. The company declared bankruptcy in 2008 and had shuttered all stores by June 2008. The company was established in Savannah, Georgia in 1920. Friedman's...
, Pietrefesa Corporation, and Crescent Jewelers. He is also a boardmember of Farmer's Journal, Agweb, and Albemarle & Bond (Deputy Chairman). He was chairman of Friedman's Inc and Crescent Jewelers when both companies declared bankruptcy—the largest jewelry bankruptcy of all time.