Leadership
Sly Buford
Founder, Chairman & CEO — Tenth Street Equity
Investor, operator, and author on a mission to buy and build the essential small businesses that power the American economy.
“The highest form which civilization can reach is a seamless web of deserved trust. Not much procedure, just totally reliable people correctly trusting one another.”
My mission has been clear from the beginning — to be an investor of value. Not just financial value, but real value. For the owners who entrust us with the businesses they spent decades building. For the investors who trust us with their capital. For the employees who show up every day and deserve to know their future is in good hands.
I believe the best businesses are built on trust, not transactions. That's why we take a collaboration-first approach — working alongside owners, investors, and management teams to find the path where everyone wins.
Albert Einstein put it simply: try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. That's the standard I hold myself and Tenth Street Equity to every single day.
Be great,
Sly Buford, Founder & Chairman
Giving Back
Invested in People and Communities
Sly is actively involved in organizations that invest in people and communities.
