Jeff McClure is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Freedom Capital. Jeff’s financial management and investment banking career spans four decades and three major financial crises. In 2005, McClure led The Bear Companies’ creation and capitalization of Kodiak Funding, LP through a strategic joint venture. He lead the completion of two equity capital raises totaling over $250 million and two CDO transactions with total proceeds of over $1.5 billion. Prior to founding The Bear Companies, Mr. McClure spent five years at Friedman Billings Ramsey, serving most recently as a Managing Director in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group. While at FBR, Mr. McClure raised over $4 billion of debt and equity for real estate investment trusts and real estate companies through public offerings and private placements. Jeff McClure has BBA in Finance from Texas A&M and a JD with distinction from George Mason University.