Executive Team
Butler Capital is led by Founder, R. Alan Butler, Jr., and Chief Operating Officer, Antoine C. Kemper, Jr. Collectively, they have extensive buy-side and sell-side Wall Street backgrounds, deep experience in alternative asset placement and a broad understanding of how to manage business risk and the operational infrastructure of large hedge funds. The team’s depth of knowledge has helped raise approximately $8 billion to-date successfully from a global investor base for over twenty-five different hedge funds and niche private equity funds across multiple strategies.
R. Alan Butler, Jr
Founder & Managing Member
Founded Butler Capital in 2001 and built it into a successful global capital placement business focused on raising capital for alternative investment Managers. Currently leads the firm's capital raising and sourcing efforts by leveraging Butler’s extensive investor network database and long-standing industry relationships.
Previous Experience
Institutional US Equity Sales at Lehman Brothers leading a team of eight professionals focused on coverage of large hedge funds
Senior Institutional Sales at Thomas Weisel Partners directing a team of eight professionals focusing on East Coast Private Banking Clients
Senior Salesman focusing on equities, equity derivatives and high yield at Dillon Reed & Co.
Salesman covering institutional investors, hedge fund and high net worth individuals and families at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
BA from the University of Virginia
Antoine C. Kemper, Jr
Chief Operating Officer
Oversees the administrative, finance, reporting communications functions, and integrated technology systems.
Previous Experience
Executive Vice President at E*TRADE Financial managing the Equity Capital Markets Division, Market-Making/Specialist Division, and Day Trading Division
Chief Operating Officer at Dempsey, a market-making and specialist firm on the Chicago Stock Exchange
1st Vice President of Prudential Securities in the Capital Markets Group
BA from Hamilton College and MBA in Finance from New York University, Stern School of Business