Banking Team

Ben Howe
Co-Founder and CEO - Boston

Ben is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of America’s Growth Capital. In more than 23 years as an investment banker, Ben has completed more than 280 transactions. Ben began his investment banking career in the mid-‘80s in New York City with First Boston and Smith Barney.

In the mid-‘90s, Ben was the Head of Technology Investment Banking for the East Coast and Europe for Montgomery Securities. Prior to founding AGC, Ben served as Managing Director, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and Executive Committee Member at SG Cowen Securities.

For his first entrepreneurial endeavor, Ben owned and operated a 45-acre sweet corn farm in Concord, MA. A certified public accountant, Ben worked at Coopers & Lybrand prior to joining Smith Barney. He currently holds his Series 7, 24, 27, 55, 63, 79 and 87 FINRA licenses.

Ben is a member of the Board of Fellows at Trinity College and the Board of Regents of Portsmouth Abbey School in Rhode Island. He is also a board member of Wellesley (MA) Little League. Ben has been a guest lecturer on trends in emerging growth capital markets at the Sloan School of Business (MIT) and Babson College. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College and an M.S. in Accounting from The Stern School of Business at New York University.