Investors & Partners at Fernbrook Capital Management

Takuma M. Riordan

Associate, Fernbrook Capital Management

William F. Detwiler brings an unusual combination of legal and accounting training to consumer investing, having started as an M&A attorney (including clerking for a U.S. District Judge) and at Price Waterhouse before becoming a two-time entrepreneur and later Chief Investment Officer of a global industrial safety services company. He co-founded multiple merchant banking platforms before Fernbrook and maintains active securities licenses as a registered representative, giving him hands-on capital markets experience that he applies to backing digitally native consumer brands like Knot Standard, Universal Standard, and La Ligne.

William F. Detwiler

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Fernbrook Capital Management

William F. Detwiler brings an unusual combination of legal and accounting training to consumer investing, having started as an M&A attorney (including clerking for a U.S. District Judge) and at Price Waterhouse before becoming a two-time entrepreneur and later Chief Investment Officer of a global industrial safety services company. He co-founded multiple merchant banking platforms before Fernbrook and maintains active securities licenses as a registered representative, giving him hands-on capital markets experience that he applies to backing digitally native consumer brands like Knot Standard, Universal Standard, and La Ligne.