Brian Peters
Founder
BBA 2021, McCombs School of Business

Bucket List Events makes once-in-a-lifetime experiences possible. They provide packages around many of the world's premiere sporting and cultural events, including the Masters, Kentucky Derby, Running of the Bulls, Wimbledon, Oktoberfest, Olympic Games, World Cup, and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
2024 Returning Winner

Jason Wright
Owner & Managing Attorney
BS 2003, Moody College of Communication, Life Member

The Law Office of Jason Wright provides reliable, responsive, and passionate legal services in divorce, custody matters, or in defending the rights of children in schools. Wright is committed to working zealously to find the best solution for his clients and their family. His reputation is one of honesty, loyalty, and dedication to his clients. He is responsive to his client's needs and provides clear expectations.

Mark Walker
Co-Founder, CEO, & Chairman
BA 1998, College of Liberal Arts, Life Member

Keith Smith
Co-Founder & President
BA 1998, College of Liberal Arts

Diana Diaz
CFO
BBA 1991, McCombs School of Business, Life Member

Direct Digital Holdings, owner of operating companies Colossus SSP and Orange 142, brings state-of-the-art, sell- and buy-side advertising platforms together under one umbrella company to offer advertisers of all sizes extensive reach within general market and multicultural media properties.
2023 & 2024 Returning Winner

Yareli Esteban
President & CEO
BBA 1999, McCombs School of Business

Strategar is a minority- and woman-led team that takes pride in developing marketing strategies that are grounded in human connectedness.
2024 Returning Winner

Dana Wilcox
CEO
MSTC 2003, McCombs School of Business, Life Member

Aaron Bailey
President
MS 2002, Cockrell School of Engineering, Life Member

Mainstream Medical Devices is an innovative medical device team with three business units specializing in contract packaging, contract manufacturing, and single-use OEM devices. They are experienced packaging, manufacturing, and device professionals who understand the complexity and timing requirements of the medical device commercialization process.

Chris Crosby
CEO
BS 1993, College of Natural Sciences, Life Member

Compass Datacenters designs and constructs data centers for the world’s largest hyperscalers and cloud providers. Through prefabrication and applying modern manufacturing principles to construction, Compass is uniquely able to deliver customizable, scalable, sustainable, and low-cost data centers in an expedited time frame. These large-scale, long-lived campuses create economies of scale for customers and local communities. Compass is backed by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Brookfield Infrastructure.
2024 Returning Winner

Jason Bronstad
CEO
BBA 2002, McCombs School of Business, Life Member

Crafted with only the essentials, MALK is simplicity at its finest. No fillers, no shortcuts, just pure, delicious plant-based products that taste as good as they feel.

Jeremy Johnson
President
MBA 2012, McCombs School of Business, Life Member

RiverCity Cabinets is the leading destination in Austin for top-tier cabinetry solutions.
2023 & 2024 Returning Winner

Drew Gibbs
Founding Partner
BA 2001, College of Liberal Arts, Life Member

A law firm built upon the premise that every person, no matter how big or small, is entitled to a fair fight. When you’ve been injured as a result of someone else's negligence, they want to be the game-changing weapon in your battle against the insurance industry giants seeking to deny you fair compensation for your harms and losses. Slingshot Law will fight those giants and get you justice.

Daniel Murray
Co-Founder & Chief Underwriter
BS 2014, Cockrell School of Engineering, Life Member

Wesley Murray
Co-Founder & COO
BBA 2014, McCombs School of Business

Covenant Underwriters develops and administers e-commerce insurance programs that leverage custom forms, proprietary technology, and niche underwriting to make specialty insurance easy for retail brokers. Current programs include commercial package policies for limited-service hotels and convenience stores with gas stations.