Managing Director
Head of Consumer Investment Banking
owen.hart@cowen.com

Mr. Hart is a Managing Director and Head of Cowen and Company's Consumer Investment Banking Group as well as overseeing Cowen’s Consumer M&A practice. In his more than 24 years in investment banking, Mr. Hart has advised clients on over 200 engagements. Prior to joining Cowen, he was a Founding Partner of Thomas Weisel Partners and Head of Consumer, Business Services and Semiconductor M&A. Prior to founding Thomas Weisel Partners, Mr. Hart served as Senior Managing Director at Montgomery Securities, overseeing M&A in the Consumer and Business Services sectors. He began his investment banking career at Drexel Burnham Lambert and also worked at Lazard Freres & Co before joining Montgomery Securities in 1994.

Mr. Hart holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an M.L.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Tufts University.