Jong-Bong Kang

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

PlotWatt, Inc. provides personalized smart meter data analysis to reduce energy bills. The firm offers a platform for analyzing real-time electricity data. Its cloud-based algorithms analyze smart meter data to figure out appliance level energy cost without monitoring the individual appliances. The company was founded by Lucas Fishback and John Cunningham in 2008 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. provides planning and design consulting services. It serves clients in the fields of transportation, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning, landscape architecture, and water resources. The firm offers energy, environmental, facilities management, forensics, intelligent transportation, parking surface, water resources, transit, transportation, water utilities-wastewater and wireless communications services. The company was founded by Bob Kimley, Bill Horn and C. Edwin Vick, Jr. in February 1967 and is headquartered in Cary, NC.

Velocity Technology Solutions V, Inc. provides information technology outsourcing and consulting services. The firm also offers ERP hosting services, including hosting and managed, transition, helpdesk support, application support, education services and training, technical application management, database administration support, tax and legislative updates. The company was founded by Michael A. Vadini in 1998 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

National Cotton Council of America operates as a trade organization for cotton production. The firm established is to lobby in favour of farm bills agreeable to the cotton industry. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Cordova, TN.

The National Investor PRJSC (Investment Management) (TNI-IM) is the investment management division of United Arab Emirates-based investment management and advisory firm The National Investor PJSC (AD: TNI). Established in 1994, the firm provides sophisticated investors with investment management and advisory services, including best-of-breed funds and segregated accounts. In addition to the main office in Abu Dhabi, the firm also has an office in the Dubai International Financial Centre.

Cofounders Capital Management LLC (Cofounders Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by David Gardner. The firm is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.

Carolinas Cotton Growers Cooperative, Inc. operates as a cooperative marketing association. It provides marketing, warehousing, brokerage, and financial services. The firm operates through its subsidiaries Cotton Growers Warehouses, Inc. (CGW) and Southeast Futures Management, Inc. (SFM). The company was founded on February 8, 1922 and is headquartered in Garner, NC.

ATCOM, Inc. (North Carolina) provides business technology solutions. It offers information technology support, unified communication, and virtualization. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Morehead Capital Management LLC (Morehead Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Investors Management Corp founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Chop't Creative Salad Co. LLC engages in the management and owning of restaurants, which specializes in gourmet chopped salads. It offers rolled out seasonal salads featuring ingredients, including the Hong Kong Cobb, Madrid Caesar, and spicy souvlaki Cobb. The firm also provides wheat pasta and soups. The company was founded by Colin McCabe and Tony Shure in 2001 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Run Hargett Run LLC operates restaurants.

Part of Hargett Hunter Capital Partners LLC, Hargett Hunter Capital Management LLC operates as a private equity firm. The company is based in Raleigh, NC. The company was founded by Jeff Brock.

Bellagreen Holdings LLC operates as a restaurant. The firm’s menu offers appetizers, soups, salads, tacos, desserts pizzas, beverages, pastas, side dishes, sandwiches, and burgers. It executes primarily in the lunch and dinner day parts, along with breakfast at its Houston Heights and Woodlands restaurants. The company was founded by Federico Marques, Bruce Molzan and Robert Guillerman in December 2008 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Epifany, Inc. develops a mobile application that helps businesses advertise on social media. Its platform allows customers to earn rewards by sharing photos with their friends through the application. The company was founded by James P. Zidar Jr., Brant Elliot, Brent Nolan, and John Charlesworth in 2012 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Richard Petty Motorsports LLC owns and operates racing teams. The firm designs, builds, prepares, and maintains race cars, pit equipment, haulers, engines, and other parts for the automotive industry. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Mooresville, NC.

Bourne Capital Partners LLC (Bourne Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Banks Bourne. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Restoration Systems LLC is a leading environmental restoration and mitigation company. It restores and protects land and water by purchasing a permanent conservation easement or fee-simple interest from property owners, and physically restoring the waterways, trees and vegetation to exceed current function and duplicate historic condition as closely as possible. The company was founded by George A. Howard and John Preyer in 1998 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

People Pattern Corp. provides analytics marketing platform for audience segmentation, user classification, and audience activation. Its services include audience intelligence, customer acquisition, personalized content, influencer identification and activation, enrich first party-data, and client service. The company was founded by Kenneth Seung Cho and Jason Baldbridge in March 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

CAPM Investment PJSC was incorporated in September 2007 as a Private Joint Stock Company registered in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi with an initial capital of AED 100 million with the objective of providing investment banking, asset management and brokerage services in the UAE, the GCC and the Middle East region.

The National Investor /Private Equity/ (TNI) is a private equity division of The National Investor PRJSC founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE.