Bo Stump

Bo joined Stump & Company in 2019, and has since focused on the company’s e-commerce/DTC, residential home goods, and manufacturing verticals.

He joined the company following several years of strategy & consulting work. He first worked for WME|IMG in Los Angeles, and subsequently joined Paramount Pictures’s internal strategy team. Bo also spent 3 years as a senior banking consultant for Abrigo, Inc., assisting the company in its eventual sale to an Accel-KKR roll-up in the financial services space.

Bo graduated with honors from UNC-Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and a Phillips Ambassador Scholar, a summer-long program sponsoring students to live in China for both study & business internships. He later returned to UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School for his MBA with focuses in corporate finance and accounting, and where he was a Schrum Fellow and Beta Gamma Sigma inductee.

Bo now lives in Charlotte, NC with his wife and 1-year old daughter and works out of the company’s headquarters.

  • Joined Stump & Company, 2019 and named Partner on January 1, 2020.
  • Abrigo Bank Consulting: Raleigh
  • WME | IMG & Viacom: Los Angeles
  • MBA: UNC Kenan Flagler, 2017 - Beta Gamma Sigma & Schrum Fellow
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013

Articles by Bo Stump

Axial Top 50 M&A Advisors for 2022
Company News

Stump Named in Axial Top 50 M&A Advisors

by Bo Stump
Stump & Company has been named in Axial's top 50 list of consumer-focused private equity firms and M&A advisors for 2022. Read the full report featuring insights from Bo Stump.
Axial Top 50 M&A Advisors for 2022

Stump Named in Axial Top 50 M&A Advisors

Stump & Company has been named in Axial's top 50 list of consumer-focused private equity firms and M&A advisors for 2022. Read the full report featuring insights from Bo Stump.
Bo Stump
Articles & Publications

A look at private equity in the furniture industry

by Bo Stump
Bo Stump dives into the increasing role private equity has played in the evolution of the residential furniture industry and M&A transactions.
Bo Stump

A look at private equity in the furniture industry

Bo Stump dives into the increasing role private equity has played in the evolution of the residential furniture industry and M&A transactions.
Stump & Company
Articles & Publications

Confronted with supply chain pressures

by Bo Stump
“Never let a good crisis go to waste” is a famous quote often attributed to Rahm Emmanuel, but in reality it was first said by Winston Churchill (and we assume by many other less-famous individuals in the past).
Stump & Company

Confronted with supply chain pressures

“Never let a good crisis go to waste” is a famous quote often attributed to Rahm Emmanuel, but in reality it was first said by Winston Churchill (and we assume by many other less-famous individuals in the past).
Dollar Bill
Articles & Publications

Blog: 2021 – change, scale & opportunity

by Bo Stump
Ashley’s recently announced $1 billion capital investment over 18 months is a blockbuster that all of us in the furniture industry should take notice of. It is clear evidence of the need to remain agile, constantly improve and anticipate the numerous seismic changes coming around the next corner.
Dollar Bill

Blog: 2021 – change, scale & opportunity

Ashley’s recently announced $1 billion capital investment over 18 months is a blockbuster that all of us in the furniture industry should take notice of. It is clear evidence of the need to remain agile, constantly improve and anticipate the numerous seismic changes coming around the next corner.