Our Story

Tom founded Neyer Holdings Corporation (NHC) in April of 2003 to “Combine the Finest People, Places, and Ideas… as investors, advisors and developers of growth companies and commercial real estate.”  As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, his vision has led to the growth of a dynamic company and a team of authentic, diverse and purposeful merchant banking and real estate professionals.  Tom continues to advance the growth of Neyer Holdings and has formed strategic partnerships with complementary firms whose goals are aligned with the spirit of Neyer Holdings.  

Before forming Neyer Holdings, Tom spent 16 years at Al Neyer, Inc., a Cincinnati-based design, construction and commercial real estate firm.  Tom’s last five years there were as its Chairman, in which capacity he focused on the firm’s long-term direction and capital structure, as well as client, prospect and community relations.   In addition to his work at Al Neyer, Inc., Tom was active with a variety of growth companies serving as advisor, director and investor in multiple industries.

Alignment with the community’s objectives has always been a part of Tom’s work.  In February of 1997, Tom was appointed by Ohio Governor George Voinovich to fill a vacant seat on the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners. As Commissioner, Tom continued his work as a builder by emphasizing economic development, human services, transportation, cultural and infrastructure initiatives.  In November of 1998, the voters of Hamilton County elected him to a full four-year term. He was elected president of the Board three times by his peers. 

Ian oversees the daily operations of Neyer Holdings Corporation. A Washington, D.C. native, Ian relocated to Cincinnati and joined Neyer Holdings in 2003.  Ian has a particular emphasis on the Merchant Banking activities at Neyer Holdings Corporation, where he works with other Principals originating, evaluating, financing and managing all of Neyer Holdings’ partnerships with and investments in operating businesses.  Ian has managed numerous private equity transactions, completed structured financings, joint-venture agreements and a variety of advisory assignments.

Prior to joining Neyer Holdings, Ian was a Private Client and Middle Market Advisor at Lehman Brothers’ New York City office, responsible for managing over $100 million in client assets. Before joining Lehman Brothers, Ian worked as a consultant with Arthur Andersen’s real estate group responsible for international privatization underwriting, feasibility studies and valuation analysis.  Ian lived and worked in Mexico City for two years, where he served as Director of Research for Cushman & Wakefield’s Mexico City Operation.

Carol oversees all financial and accounting activities for Neyer Holdings Corporation and its Affiliated Companies, as well as the real estate portfolio and operating company investments of Neyer Holdings and its partners.  

Carol joined Neyer Holdings Corporation in 2004, bringing with her fifteen years of experience in both the public and private sectors of accounting. She has in-depth working knowledge of a wide variety of industries including real estate, wholesale distribution, construction and manufacturing. Her responsibilities have included strategic planning, shareholder reporting, tax consulting, and improvement standards certification.  This extensive background provides a unique, strategic perspective, as well as an ability to provide comprehensive analysis and the highest professional practices to Neyer, our clients and partners.   

Steve oversees all Merchant Banking activities for Neyer Holdings Corporation. With this, he is responsible for executing Neyer Holdings' investments and partnering with those companies to help realize their strategic and financial objectives.

An Ohio native, Steve returned from San Francisco and joined Neyer Holdings Corporation in 2007.  Prior to joining Neyer Holdings, Steve was a Vice President in investment banking at JPMorgan’s San Francisco office, where he helped build the firm’s West Coast general industries practice. Steve advised companies across a range of industries, with sub-sector focus in consumer, digital media, Internet, defense/homeland security, and renewable energy.

Prior to JPMorgan, Steve worked in business development at Lucasfilm with responsibility for analyzing and structuring licensing deals for George Lucas’ Star Wars prequels.  During his tenure, he executed over 800 deals with product penetration in every territory of the world. Steve also served as an internal consultant to Lucasfilm’s subsidiaries (ILM, LucasArts and THX) and developed the financial plan for starwars.com.  Prior to Lucasfilm, Steve was a financial analyst at Hambrecht & Quist, a boutique San Francisco-based technology investment bank.

In aggregate, Steve has executed 25 equity and debt transactions with a combined value of over $8 billion.  Selected transactions include IPOs for Shutterfly and Dolby Laboratories, follow-on offerings for Coinstar and GenCorp, and a $2.1 billion leverage recapitalization for Clorox. Steve has worked on 15 separate M&A and strategic advisory projects. Notable deals include Chips and Technologies sale to Intel - Intel’s first ever acquisition of a publicly traded company, and Lockheed Martin’s formation of a strategic joint venture with Intel, as well as the sale of Marmot to K2, Coinstar’s acquisition of American Coin Merchandising, and The Wine Group’s acquisition of Golden State Vintners.

John is principally in charge of all real estate activities for Neyer Holdings Corporation.  As such, he is responsible for leading and executing Neyer Holdings’ overall real estate strategy, defining and achieving the financial goals of the real estate group, sourcing and structuring equity and debt capital, creating and aligning joint-venture partnerships that ensure optimized developments, and directing real estate investment/divestiture activities for the company.  He is also actively engaged in several of Neyer Holdings Corporation’s Affiliated Companies including Property Advisors and Collins Neyer Capital.

John joined Neyer Holdings Corporation in April 2004, bringing with him ten years of commercial real estate industry experience. His extensive real estate background includes development, finance, management and brokerage, as well as corporate real estate advisory services.  He has managed well over 100 real estate projects throughout the United States across the Industrial, Office, Retail, Hospitality and Residential market segments.

Sean joined Neyer Holdings Corporation in 2007 and is principally engaged with sourcing and evaluating new real estate development opportunities, project due diligence and strategic alliances.

Sean’s real estate career began as an attorney with Griffin-Fletcher, LLP, a Cincinnati-based law firm specializing in residential and commercial real estate.  Subsequently Sean was a Senior Associate and Development Manager with Corporex, a national real estate development and investment company.  While there, he participated in the launch of Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, a public full-service hotel REIT as well as the creation of a select service hotel division.  

Most recently Sean oversaw Corporex’s day-to-day operations along the Gulf Coast region with general responsibilities in the areas of business development, strategic alliances, opportunity identification, due diligence, and development project management.  Sean’s initiatives lead to over $55,000,000 in active hotel, office, and light industrial projects at the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport. 

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