Company: TIPT
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001393726-25-000038
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Company: TIPTREE INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
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. (formerly known as Great Ajax Corp.), where he is the Chairman of the board, the chair of the compensation committee and a member of the audit committee. He also joined the board of Intelligo in 2020. Mr. Friedman has a M.S. in Finance and Accounting from New York University, Stern School of Business, and a B.A. in Economics from Colgate University.

Mr. Friedman was selected and qualified to serve as a member of our Board of Directors because of his diverse and extensive business and financial experience as well as his experience on the boards of other public companies.

Randy S. Maultsby has been a member of our Board of Directors since November 2021 and has served as our President since July 2021. Previously, he served as the Company’s Managing Director. Mr. Maultsby focuses on corporate strategy and development, overseeing the Company’s acquisition, disposition and capital markets activities. Prior to joining Tiptree Inc. in 2010, Mr. Maultsby was a senior vice president in the investment banking division of Fox-Pitt, Kelton. During his investment banking career, he focused on providing strategic advice to a broad array of banks, finance, asset management and brokerage clients. Prior to joining Fox-Pitt, Kelton, Mr. Maultsby was an Associate in the M&A Group at JP Morgan and an analyst in the Financial Institutions Group at Citigroup. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Invesque Inc. from February, 2018 until April, 2024 where he served on the audit committee. Mr. Maultsby received his B.A. in Political Science, with Honors, from Hampton University.

Mr. Maultsby was selected and qualified to serve as a member of our Board of Directors because of his extensive senior level experience in the capital market industry and his extensive knowledge of our business and industries.

Bradley E. Smith has been a member of our Board of Directors since July 2013. Mr. Smith was a member of the board of directors of Tiptree Financial Partners, L.P. (“TFP”), Tiptree’s predecessor, from June 2007 to July 2013. He is the founder of Kahala Capital Advisors LLC, a private investment firm, and of Kahala Aviation Ltd., a commercial aircraft leasing company. Prior to Kahala Capital Advisors LLC, Mr. Smith worked for almost 20 years in banking in New York and Asia. He was employed