Yahyn

Leavitt is a serial entrepreneur who most recently served as SVP of finance and operations in the development of Alumni Ventures Groups back end systems, facilitating its hyper growth phase. Previously he served as a lead auditor and tax accountant for Rowley and Associates, a mid-market corporate CPA firm and Sr. Corporate Analyst for Performance Sports Group.

Youngest SVP at Columbia Management (Asset Management arm Bank of America) before airlifting sales and distribution team to Prudential Asset Manager. Rogers is a serial entrepreneur, having started and/or sat as a board advisor on 4 previous companies with Head of Business Development, Intermediary Distribution, and Alternative Asset manager prior to founding PuroTrader/Yahyn. Pierre currently also has two other roles. He is the founder and owner of Puro Trader, Inc. the prior business which was spun out, and also works as. Sales Director for Snowflake. Pierre's primary role is with Yahyn, he currently spends approximately an hour a week on Puro Trader, Inc., and 5 hours per week on his role with Snowflake. His goal is to dedicate himself full-time to Yahyn as the company continues to grow.

Bousquet was the lead developer behind SaaS company Appfolio.com, now a publicly traded company. Robert developed Procore, a project management software company founded in 2003. Procore had revenues of $289.2 million, and 1.3 million users in 2019. Senior Developer for Lookout.com, with a $1B+ valuation, Lookout is deployed on over 180 million mobile devices. With 155 patents and analysis of over 100 million mobile applications. He was the first employee at Groupsite.com.

Jack has spent many years in the branding and marketing space. He has been responsible for creating brand images and strategy for luxury spirit brands House of Carbonadi, Louis XIII Cognac, Taittinger Champagne, and many other luxury lifestyle brands such as VanDutch Yachts, Gulfstream Aviation, Pagani Automobile, and other recognized car brands. He now applies those talents to building the Yahyn image and community.

With over 20 years of experience in the wine business, Stu leads Yahyn’s business efforts. After a successful career with internet advertising giant DoubleClick, Bossom went to work in the wine industry. He initially joined a leading South American importing company, spending the next eight years learning all he could about wine and the highly regulated import and distribution process involved in bringing a product to market. He then branched out to form his own importing company, bringing South American and European wines to the U.S., later venturing into the spirits market. Wine is not just a part of Bossom’s career, it is his passion.

Ludacris is the founder of his own record label, “Disturbing the Peace”, an imprint 3distorted by Def Jam Recordings. He is the co-owner of Conjure Cognac liquor. Owner of “Chicken N Beer” restaurant in Atlanta. Founder and creator of Karma’s World.

Jon Cooper is our principal investor, serial entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience. Most recently, he was the Founder and CEO of Ebbu, LLC having completed a successful exit through the acquisition of Ebbu by Canopy Growth Corporation.

Pam Hamlin is currently the President of York Creative Collective, where she leads the strategy and operations of York Creative Collective. Former Global CEO of Arnold Global Network. Prior to Arnold, Pam was the Managing Partner and Director of Client Services at Leonard/Monahan. She currently serves on the boards of the Cambridge Trust Company, Netra, Inc. and the Massachusetts Women’s Forum.

Nestor is the former CFO at Bacardi who integrated the acquisition of Grey Goose Vodka. Senior Treasury Analyst and Finance Manager PepsiCo. Former CFO of Fairway Market large scale Grocery chain.