Ogden Phipps II, Partner. Mr. Phipps is a co-founding Partner of Snow Phipps. Prior to the formation of Snow Phipps, Mr. Phipps was a founding Partner and President of Guggenheim Merchant Banking, the private equity arm of Guggenheim Capital, LLC. Previously, Mr. Phipps worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group of Gleacher Partners LLC. Mr. Phipps began his career at Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. where he worked in the Leverage Finance Group. Mr. Phipps received a B.A., with honors, in Economics from Wake Forest University. He currently serves on the boards of FeraDyne Outdoors, Tasti D-Lite / Planet Smoothie, ZeroChaos, Boyd Corporation and HCTec. Mr Phipps is also a trustee of the Wildlife Conservation Society.