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Ben Gonzalez

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Managing Director at Harney Capital
📍 El Paso, Texas, United States

Ben Gonzalez is a Managing Director at Harney Capital with over 35 years of experience in investment banking and financial restructuring. He specializes in advising financially distressed companies, particularly in the middle-market, on M&A and capital optimization. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Outside of finance, Ben has a significant creative side. He is an avid art collector with a long-held interest in potentially owning a gallery. He also revealed in an interview that he has been working on a book for many years and has written over a thousand pages.

Ben has been described by friends and family as hard-working and serious, but with an edgy and dark sense of humor.

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Experience
38 Years
Current Role
Managing Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
El Paso, Texas, United States
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Priorities

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Financial Restructuring
His entire career is focused on advising financially distressed companies and stakeholders in both in-court and out-of-court restructuring transactions.
Distressed M&A
He has been involved in some of the world's largest corporate restructurings and distressed M&A transactions, advising on complex sales and recapitalizations.
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Career

Work history

3-2023
Managing Director
Harney Capital
1-2022 - 3-2023
Managing Director and Partner
MML Capital Advisors, LLC
2016 - 2019
Vice President for Asset Management and Development
The University of Texas at El Paso
6-2013 - 3-2023
Principal
Trimble Place Capital Advisors, LLC
2010 - 2012
Principal, Restructuring and Managing Director, Investment Banking and Special Situations Advisory
KPMG Corporate Finance LLC
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Media appearances

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Education
1998 - 1999
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Harvard Business School
1980 - 1984
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)
The University of Texas at El Paso
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