Chad Mandelbaum earned a bachelor degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, after which he earned his CPA certificate.

Prior to founding MSLA Chad worked on Wall Street, first as an M&A specialist in the investment banking division of Bear Stearns, and later as a principal acquisitions specialist for a $1.5 billion private equity fund at Blackstone Real Estate Advisors. Most recently, he worked at Starwood Financial (now iStar Financial) leading various financing and acquisition initiatives for the CFO.

Sean Mandelbaum earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and bachelor degrees from the Wharton School and the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania through the Huntsman Program in International Studies & Business. He is conversational in Japanese.

Prior to joining MSLA Sean worked on Wall Street, first as a financing and M&A specialist in the investment banking division of Bear Stearns, and later as an investment specialist for the $1.5 billion private equity fund at Bear Stearns Merchant Banking.