Peter Layton
Board Member
Peter J. Layton is an entrepreneur, investor, and executive with extensive experience across financial markets, global trade, venture investing, and environmental restoration.
Mr. Layton serves as Chief Executive Officer and an owner of the Global Supply Chain Exchange (GSCX), an initiative focused on expanding participation by developing countries in the international trade ecosystem by facilitating access to hard currencies and streamlining the processes required for the global exchange of goods.
He is a founding partner of Blackthorne Capital Management, LLC, and owner of Warhawk Funds, an angel and venture investment firm. He is also a partner of Efficient Capital Management and owns The Tallgrass Group, the parent company of several businesses specializing in ecological restoration.
Previously, Mr. Layton served for 14 years as Chairman of the Boards of BOX Holdings and BOX Market. Earlier in his career, he was a partner at both The Hull Group and Goldman Sachs & Co., retiring from Goldman Sachs in 2005.
Mr. Layton has held numerous board and advisory roles across the investment, academic, entrepreneurial, and environmental communities. He serves on the Advisory Committee of Efficient Capital Management and is a member and Chair of the Nicholas School of the Environment Board of Visitors at Duke University. He is also involved with Hyde Park Angels, Chicago Early, and Plum Alley, organizations supporting early-stage investment, and serves on the Entrepreneurship Advisory Board at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. His past leadership and advisory roles include the College Advisory Committee at the University of Chicago, the Enactus Worldwide Board of Directors, and President of the Chicago Wilderness Trust.
Mr. Layton has been a guest lecturer at the University of Chicago, Duke University, Stanford University, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
He earned an A.B. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Chicago.