Patrick Walsh TMPL

Patrick Walsh, TMPL, is an entrepreneur, company founder, investment specialist, and CEO from Palm Beach County, Florida. He founded PW Partners in 2012 as a value-focused investment firm that works with small and mid-cap companies. Through this firm, he focuses on improving company value with practical operating strategies and thoughtful capital allocation. Patrick has built a long career in investment management, with a clear focus on the restaurant industry. His work has been featured in Barron's, Forbes, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. His past clients and business affiliations include TMPL, Palm Beach Sports Club, Town Sports International, Famous Dave's of America, and LIV. Patrick leads PW Partners in Jupiter, Florida. In this role, he oversees capital allocation, enterprise finance, and corporate strategy. His professional experience includes mergers and acquisitions, hedge funds, investment banking, and equities. The firm is known for strategic decision-making and sector knowledge. In 2018, Ernst & Young named him Entrepreneur Of The Year. Patrick also oversees Empire Holdings and Investments, a diversified holding company based in Palm Beach County. He joined the company in 2020 and manages its corporate structure. The company focuses on flexible investing and long-term value across many industries in Florida and across the United States. Patrick's career started in 1998 as an investment analyst at Prudential Capital Group and Prudential Securities. In that role, he worked with commercial property and publicly traded real estate investment trusts. Six years later, he joined Deutsche Bank as vice president of investment banking. He later moved to Illinois to work at a hedge fund, where he focused on long-short equity. Afterward, he became a managing partner at PWK Partners in Chicago. He stayed there until 2012, then moved to Florida to establish PW Partners.