Ariel Alternatives
Eric Brice is an accomplished finance professional with extensive experience in investment and business development across various sectors. Currently serving as Managing Director and Senior Principal at Ariel Alternatives since March 2022, Eric specializes in investing in and creating minority business enterprises with significant revenue potential. Prior roles include Senior Managing Director at AP Capital Holdings, where the focus was on acquiring and converting businesses into minority-owned enterprises, and Managing Director at Trivergance, an independent investment firm. Eric also founded 12321 Advisory, providing consultancy for private equity firms and media companies, and held positions at Halyard Capital and JPMorgan, where key responsibilities involved managing investments and executing corporate finance assignments. Eric holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Economics from Penn State University.
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Ariel Alternatives
Ariel Alternatives, LLC is a private asset management firm affiliated with Ariel Investments, LLC. Ariel Alternatives is an enterprise newly conceived for the times and built on a four decade-old foundation. The firm's first initiative, Project Black, is on a mission to scale sustainable, middle-market, minority-owned businesses and fuel Fortune 500 vendor diversity. Co-Founders Leslie Brun and Mellody Hobson share a desire to make a positive impact by investing in the world they want to see. Every individual on the team - at all levels - plays a role that is critical to our firm’s success. We seek subject matter experts who are unapologetically themselves. We encourage our teammates to reach their full potential and give them the runway, support, and resources to succeed. Ariel celebrates diversity and practices inclusion as a way to get work done – it’s in our DNA. As an equal opportunity employer, our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, parental status, mental or physical disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. Ariel is committed to recruiting and retaining talented applicants, and to providing all employees with a workplace free from discrimination and/or harassment.