Founding Principal 

Ben is a Portfolio Manager and serves as a member of the Executive Committee and the Investment Committee.  He also oversees Samson’s trade execution process. 

Previously, Ben was a managing director and head of Tax Aware Fixed Income Investments within JP Morgan Fleming’s U.S. Fixed Income Group.  With JP Morgan since 1999, he was the investment strategist for the tax-aware fixed income sector and responsible for $36 billion in managed bond strategies for U.S. taxpaying investors, including over $12 billion in managed separate accounts for private clients.  In addition to private accounts, the business spanned JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management's mutual funds, money market funds and corporate investors.  Ben was head of the Tax Aware investment team and a member of both the Fixed Income management team and the US Macro investment team.  Ben's primary responsibilities were to develop and coordinate strategy, research, portfolio structuring, and trade execution. 

Prior to joining JP Morgan, Ben was the senior municipal portfolio manager within Goldman Sachs Asset Management's Fixed Income team.  Prior to Goldman Sachs, he worked in Chase Manhattan's Structured Finance Group, where his responsibilities included credit analysis and structuring for leveraged acquisitions and tax advantaged products. 

Ben received a B.A. in economics from Colorado College.