TIGER 21 Chicago

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  Ron Diamond

  Ron Diamond

  TIGER 21 Chair, Chicago & Family Office

  Ron Diamond is the Chair of Chicago 02, 03 and Family Office 02. Diamond is a longtime investor and entrepreneur and the Founder and Chairman of Diamond Wealth with divisions focusing on philanthropy, wealth transfer, investment banking, social impact, and governance. Ron serves on the Advisory Board of 10 privately held companies and acts as Chairman for 4 of them. He is the Founder of Family Office World, a podcast whose mission is to educate the market about Family Offices. Diamond is deeply committed to giving back and is an active philanthropist and civic leader. He is serves on the Leadership Circle of the Aspen Institute, a global nonprofit organization committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society. He also sits on the Board of several other charities and non-profit organizations in his community. Diamond studied at Northwestern University, graduating Magna Cum Laude and earning his degree in Economics.
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  David Kirshenbaum

  David Kirshenbaum

  TIGER 21 Chair, Chicago

  David Kirshenbaum is Chair of Chicago 04 and 05. Kirshenbaum has had a varied and diverse career in real estate development, business development and transaction management. As a late-in-life entrepreneur, Kirshenbaum launched MeadeCo LLC–a virtual merchant bank in 2021. At MeadeCo, Kirshenbaum connects clients in CBD, cannabis, healthy food+bev, tech and real estate with capital and opportunity. Kirshenbaum has a large and diverse network and has created a good deal of value “connecting the dots” as a function of his “Slumdog Millionaire lifestyle.” He has been an active investor in a range of early-stage, seed, and start-up companies along with real estate, credit, and other investment vehicles. He graduated from Emory, Northwestern Law School, and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and has taught as an adjunct professor at the UN schools from which he graduated. Kirshenbaum is married with three adult children.
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  Mason Phelps

  Mason Phelps

  TIGER 21 Chair

  Mason Phelps is Chair of Chicago 06. He started his career as a trader at the Chicago Board Options Exchange and eventually became one of the largest independent equity options traders in the country. Phelps stepped away from trading in 2013 to focus on investing in real estate, private lending, venture capital, and proprietary trading. The events of 2020 created new market opportunities and he has now returned to trading his own capital full-time. He is a board member at Beat The Streets Chicago Wrestling and Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund. He teaches financial literacy classes at high schools around the city; coaches volleyball at the Latin School of Chicago; and is the community advisor to the school’s investment club. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Psychology from Northwestern University. He currently resides in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago with his wife Abby and their three young children. He and Abby spent 18 months traveling the world and have been to over 70 countries and all seven continents.
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Ron Diamond
TIGER 21 Chair, Chicago & Family Office
Ron Diamond
TIGER 21 Chair, Chicago & Family Office
Ron Diamond is the Chair of Chicago 02, 03 and Family Office 02. Diamond is a longtime investor and entrepreneur and the Founder and Chairman of Diamond Wealth with divisions focusing on philanthropy, wealth transfer, investment banking, social impact, and governance. Ron serves on the Advisory Board of 10 privately held companies and acts as Chairman for 4 of them. He is the Founder of Family Office World, a podcast whose mission is to educate the market about Family Offices. Diamond is deeply committed to giving back and is an active philanthropist and civic leader. He is serves on the Leadership Circle of the Aspen Institute, a global nonprofit organization committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society. He also sits on the Board of several other charities and non-profit organizations in his community. Diamond studied at Northwestern University, graduating Magna Cum Laude and earning his degree in Economics.

David Kirshenbaum
TIGER 21 Chair, Chicago
David Kirshenbaum
TIGER 21 Chair, Chicago
David Kirshenbaum is Chair of Chicago 04 and 05. Kirshenbaum has had a varied and diverse career in real estate development, business development and transaction management. As a late-in-life entrepreneur, Kirshenbaum launched MeadeCo LLC–a virtual merchant bank in 2021. At MeadeCo, Kirshenbaum connects clients in CBD, cannabis, healthy food+bev, tech and real estate with capital and opportunity. Kirshenbaum has a large and diverse network and has created a good deal of value “connecting the dots” as a function of his “Slumdog Millionaire lifestyle.” He has been an active investor in a range of early-stage, seed, and start-up companies along with real estate, credit, and other investment vehicles. He graduated from Emory, Northwestern Law School, and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and has taught as an adjunct professor at the UN schools from which he graduated. Kirshenbaum is married with three adult children.

Mason Phelps
TIGER 21 Chair
Mason Phelps
TIGER 21 Chair
Mason Phelps is Chair of Chicago 06. He started his career as a trader at the Chicago Board Options Exchange and eventually became one of the largest independent equity options traders in the country. Phelps stepped away from trading in 2013 to focus on investing in real estate, private lending, venture capital, and proprietary trading. The events of 2020 created new market opportunities and he has now returned to trading his own capital full-time. He is a board member at Beat The Streets Chicago Wrestling and Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund. He teaches financial literacy classes at high schools around the city; coaches volleyball at the Latin School of Chicago; and is the community advisor to the school’s investment club. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Psychology from Northwestern University. He currently resides in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago with his wife Abby and their three young children. He and Abby spent 18 months traveling the world and have been to over 70 countries and all seven continents.
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