Portrait of Clay Hunter.

Clay Hunter

CEO

Clay Hunter is the Chief Executive Officer of Broadview Group. Clay is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the firm and leads all of Broadview Group’s direct investments in private companies.

Prior to Broadview Group, Clay was a Managing Director at The Stephens Group, one of the oldest and most successful family office investment firms in the U.S. From 2015 to 2020, he led the firm’s focus on Industrial and Commercial Products and Services, including sub‐sector specializations in Engineered Industrial Products and Specialty Distribution and led five platform and numerous complementary acquisitions, serving as the Chairman of the Board or a Director of each. Prior to The Stephens Group, Clay was a Managing Director at Harbour Group where he spent 12 years identifying and evaluating acquisition opportunities and providing board leadership and strategic guidance to numerous mid‐sized companies. Prior to Harbour Group, Clay was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch & Co. in its Chicago office.

Clay received a BSBA in Finance from Washington University in St. Louis and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.