Adam Wyden
Adam Wyden is the founder and portfolio manager of ADW Capital Partners, a Miami-based activist hedge fund he launched in 2010 with $400,000 in seed capital. He holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School and an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School, and previously worked in merchant banking at SMH Capital. ADW Capital pursues concentrated, long-biased, fundamental value investing in small- and mid-cap North American public companies, and Wyden is best known for high-conviction activist campaigns aimed at unlocking shareholder value, including a 2026 unsolicited proposal to acquire automotive services company Driven Brands for approximately $3 billion.
“ADW Capital, an activist hedge fund, has offered to buy Meineke owner Driven Brands for nearly $3 billion.”
Source→“ADW argues that Roark has taken its eye off of Driven because of its restaurant-related ambitions.”
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