Mr. Hirsch is a Senior Vice President in Houlihan Lokey’s Consumer Group. He has more than a decade of investment banking and private equity experience and has successfully managed and executed multiple M&A transactions across a variety of industries, with a particular focus on companies in the franchise, health and fitness, and multi-unit services sectors. He is based in the firm’s New York office.
Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Hirsch was the CFO/COO of The Studio (MDR), a multi-unit boutique pilates chain based in Los Angeles, where he is a partner. Previously, he was an Associate at KarpReilly, a consumer growth equity firm focused on investments in the restaurant and retail space, and was an investment banking analyst in the Consumer Retail M&A group at Rothschild in New York. Mr. Hirsch has worked with numerous companies, including The Studio (MDR), Good Feet Stores, Brooklyn Boulders, Bluestar Alliance, Café Rio, Café Zupas, Comark, Cedar Fair Entertainment, CSM, and Schiff Nutrition.
Mr. Hirsch holds a B.A. in Psychology, cum laude, from Tufts University.