Eric Taylor is the founder, CEO and CIO of Trident, a private equity firm focused on acquiring US-based small businesses in industrial, consumer and healthcare sectors. Trident uses proprietary technology to systematically source and diligence small-cap opportunities, with an eye towards reducing the racial wealth gap by incorporating post-transaction elements of diversity, equity and inclusion to amplify commercial outcomes. Taylor oversees day to day operations, the investment team and is actively involved in portfolio management. He also leads the firm’s investment committee and makes final decisions on all additions to the portfolio. Taylor began his career at Goldman Sachs, where he spent 4 years in the special situations group, focused primarily on lower and middle market companies. After Goldman and prior to Trident, Taylor was a portfolio manager at Brightwood Capital.