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Blackstreet Capital Holdings, LLC is a privately held diversified operating company that owns and manages small businesses. The firm was founded in 2015 by Murry Gunty and Lawrence Berger,who act as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, respectively.

Blackstreet is based in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

History
Blackstreet was founded in 2015 by Murry Gunty and Lawrence Berger. Mr. Gunty and Mr. Berger had previously been partners in Blackstreet Capital Management, a private equity firm. Blackstreet Capital Management counted former Chiefs of Staff Kenneth Duberstein and Thomas McLarty III as board of Advisors members, along with prominent investor Edward Mathias, a founder of the Carlyle Group, a Washington DC based private equity firm.

Blackstreet is a diversified operating company that opportunistically purchases underperforming small businesses and helps restore them to profitability. It then holds and operates them. Blackstreet operates businesses in three industries: education, sports and entertainment, and consumer finance. Blackstreet has an interest in other industries such as manufacturing, distribution, internet and specialty retail, distribution, restaurants, and healthcare services.

Blackstreet recently made investments in Auto Cash of Georgia and Piney Orchard Ice Arena.

Management
Murry Gunty is the founder and CEO of Blackstreet. Gunty graduated from Harvard College, where he received a BA in economics, and Harvard Business School, where he received an MBA. Prior to founding Blackstreet, Gunty was CEO and Founder of Blackstreet Capital Management, a General Partner at Jacobson Partners, LP, and was a Partner at Lazard Freres Real Estate, LLC. He also worked at the Blackstone Group, where he was an Analyst.

Lawrence Berger is the co-founder and CIO of BCH. Berger received both his BS and his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to founding BCH, Berger served as the Managing Director of Investments at Blackstreet Capital Management, where he began in 2006. He had previously worked as the CEO at Ames Watson Capital, the Manager of Corporate Development at The Washington Post Company, the CEO of Excentia, and the VP of Acquisitions and Strategy at Watergate Holdings.