Brandon Taubman is an investor with 15 years professional experience across various sectors including investment banking, derivative valuation, daily fantasy sports, professional sports, and most recently commercial real estate.  He started his career at Ernst & Young in 2007 and then moved to Barclays Investment Bank.  Simultaneous with his career in the finance industry, Brandon engineered a successful system to wager in daily fantasy sports contests when the industry was in its infancy and won at a 58% clip.  His success in daily fantasy led him to a career change; accepting a job as a baseball economist for the Houston Astros in early 2013.  

Brandon was a pivotal part of the architecture and rebuild of the Houston Astros from 2013 to late 2019, rising from economist to Assistant General Manager.  He oversaw the three player evaluation functions (pro, amateur and international scouting) and the research and development departments.  Following his time at the Astros, Brandon started his commercial real estate venture at Stablewood.  He also partnered with RIA to lead the team’s player evaluation process and to support the development of it’s world-class projection systems.  

Brandon holds a B.S. from Cornell University and currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.