Trive Capital, a Dallas, Texas based private equity firm, announced its renewed focus on the building products sector with the addition of Tyrone “Ty” Johnson as an Operating Partner.  Mr. Johnson brings valuable sector expertise to the Operating Partner group and will assist Trive in evaluating investment opportunities in building products as well as engaging with Trive portfolio companies on value creation initiatives.  Trive is targeting the building products sector for new investments and will be devoting resources to this sector, which the firm has a strong historical track record investing within.

Prior to joining Trive, Mr. Johnson served as Chief Executive Officer of Select Interior Concepts, a publicly traded leading provider of interior surface products for residential and commercial applications.  Mr. Johnson also held the position of President, Omnimax North America, and prior to that was President of Amtico International, a private equity backed flooring manufacturer. Mr. Johnson spent the early part of his career at GE Capital in various product development, marketing, and business development roles.  Mr. Johnson graduated from Howard University and received his M.B.A. from DePaul University.

Trive Partner Chris Zugaro commented “Ty is an industry leader with a demonstrated track record growing building products companies.  His business acumen combined with years of developing rich and meaningful relationships makes him the ideal choice to work collaboratively with management teams both in the building products sector and outside of it.  We are delighted to work with Ty once again.”