2024 Against the Odds Winner
At 18, Matthew Dowell had the ambition to start his own company taking on Autotrader and revolutionizing the online car classifieds space. After three years of solid effort, Matthew was forced to accept his failure and turned to OWJC to earn his Associate in Business degree before transferring to The University of Florida to earn his bachelor’s degree where he became first in his class. All while juggling his battle with Crohn’s disease. A few years later, Matthew moved to New York as a table busser, before landing an opportunity to be a Project Associate with Bridgewater Associates. Matthew then moved on to become an Investment Banking Associate with Guggenheim Partners before being recruited away to join Carl Marks Advisors as a VP in the Operational Restructuring business unit where he remains to this day.
