Tim Clepper is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Kaulig Companies Limited, the Single Member Family Office for Matt Kaulig, and his direct family. Tim is also the Managing Partner of Ellsworth Advisors. In 1997, Tim started his professional investment management career with McDonald & Company Investments, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Tim continued his career with two other premier firms, Robert W. Baird & Company, and Morgan Stanley.
For nearly three decades, Tim’s professional career has been in asset management, investment banking, and private equity. He holds the Series 65 Uniform Investment Adviser securities license and has managed significant financial assets and transactions for individuals and businesses. Tim has also participated in many successful mid-market private equity and real estate transactions throughout his career.
In 2008, Tim was named Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager in Morgan Stanley’s Private Wealth Management Group. He then left the firm in 2015 to start the Kaulig Companies for Matt Kaulig.
Tim is a board member or board advisor to many businesses and 501(c)(3) organizations, including Gridiron Capital’s Board of Business Executives™, The Kaulig Foundation, The LeBron Advisory Board (LAB) for the I Promise School, PitCCh In Foundation, Akron Children’s Hospital Foundation, Hudson Community Foundation, Santa PICsU 501(c)(3), Haslam Sports Innovation Center, and is a Trustee of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
In 2013, Tim co-founded Santa PICsU, a 501(c)(3) organization, with the intent to bring the “healing power of giving” to children and families in traumatic situations. Santa PICsU focuses on the wellness of children and families in Northeast Ohio Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs).
Tim graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Kent State University. Tim and his wife Amy have three teenage children and reside in Hudson, Ohio.