Zach Coopersmith

Zach Coopersmith

Strategic Advisor & Shareholder, Ny

Zach is a Managing Partner at Building Industry Partners, where he works with BIP’s operating partners to grow and optimize operations of our portfolio companies, and discovers, analyzes, and executes new and exciting investment opportunities.

He previously co-founded Leading Ridge Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on growing lower middle-market distribution businesses. At Leading Ridge, Zach led sponsorship of a successful buy and build strategy at Rugby Architectural Building Products, a leading national architectural-grade building products one-step distributor. Prior to his tenure at Leading Ridge, Zach worked in the Distressed Credit group for Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital, after spending time in their high yield research and proprietary equity investing divisions.

Zach serves on the boards of directors of several private companies, as well as Make-A-Wish Metro New York. Zach earned a B.S. in Economics, with concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurship, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, receiving numerous awards and honor society memberships for leadership, entrepreneurship, and academic achievement. In 2015, Zach was named one of New York City’s Top 20 Philanthropists Under 40 by Observer magazine and was featured on Bloomberg TV’s series on business leadership and philanthropy, titled “Good Fortunes.” Zach lives in New York City with his wife, Andrea.