David Wood:  

CLASS OF 1983
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Milton AcademyClass of 1983
Milton, MA
Gorham High SchoolClass of 1983
Gorham, NH
Berlin, NH
Hawken SchoolClass of 1983
Lyndhurst, OH

David's Story

Life Born in Washington, DC... moved to Cleveland, Ohio when I was 2... Lived in Cleveland (Shaker Hts. and Cleveland Hts.) attended Hawken School. When I was twelve my parents divorced and my mother and I moved to Northern New Hampshire... quite an eye opener for a suburban boy... Spent two years in Gorham and Dummer (yes, really). Then my mother moved back to Cleveland, while I went off to boarding school for high school, Milton Academy. Milton was tough socially for me (like high school isn't tough for everyone!), I learned so much there. One of my best friends at Milton, a successful hollywood writer/producer, continue to threaten that there will be a sitcom based upon our group... Tragedy? Hopefully i will be more cool on TV... After Milton, I was on to Rensselaer originally to be an engineer (until I found I hated the major) and then I moved to MIS... and loved it! I spent the majority of college focusing on Student Government and Fraternaty (Pi Kappa Alpha). I had a terrific time and learned a lot about life. After Rensselaer I went back to Cleveland and joined the family business, furniture. After a technology based education, it seemed dull... though I learned a tremendous amount about business. During my return to Cleveland I met my bride, Maggie. She is terrific! I r...Expand for more
eturned to the Albany area for my MBA studies and have stayed there ever since. I have focused my career on finance... spending five years with a local investment bank as a merchant banker/venture capitalist. After leaving First Albany, I have prosued a life as an independant merchant banker. I've successfully bought, fixed up and sold several businesses. With the formation of NobleHousePartners in 2005, I've been actively on the search for deals (we've looked at several closely, closing one (an acquisition from GE), and keep going back and forth over whether to continue to do it on our own or to bite the bullet and raise a fund. Maggie and I have two children, Griffin (3/99) and Abigail (4/01)... who are the most wonderful kids. We have a great neighborhood where they play with kids they have know all their lives. A lot different from the life I knew as a child, and the one I have always wanted to provide for my kids. So as to not have them be too set in their ways, Maggie and I decided to spend at least one month a year living somewhere else. August 2006 was our first attempt... a wonderful month in Ireland. There is some discussion in our house about one or two years in Paris sometime in the next two years... how far I can push our business to be truly virtual will decide that one.
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