Eric Taylor is the Founder, CEO, and CIO of Trident, a private equity firm focused on acquiring US-based small businesses in industrial, consumer, and healthcare sectors. Trident uses proprietary technology to systematically source and diligence small-cap opportunities, with an eye toward reducing the racial wealth gap by incorporating post-transaction elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion to amplify commercial outcomes. Eric oversees day-to-day operations, of the Investment Team and is actively involved in portfolio management. He also leads the firm’s Investment Committee and makes final decisions on all additions to the portfolio. Mr. Taylor began his career at Goldman Sachs, where he spent 4 years in the Special Situations Group, focused primarily on lower and middle-market companies. After Goldman and prior to Trident, Eric was a Portfolio Manager (credit) and Originator (equity) at Brightwood Capital, a lower-middle market asset manager that invests debt and equity primarily in companies with $5 million –$75 million of EBITDA. Eric holds an AB from Harvard University with Honors and is a CFA Charterholder.