Governance

Since January 2023, Mr. Buskirk has served as a Founder and Chief Investment Officer of 1789 Capital, a leading technology-focused investment firm funding the next era of American exceptionalism. From 2023 to July 2025, he served as a director of Colombier II. From 2016 to the present, he has been the publisher of American Greatness, a web magazine focused on restoring American prosperity and vitality. Between 1996 and the present, he has founded, built and sold multiple finance businesses including in insurance, reinsurance, specialty lending, and tax-credit financing, including JAS Intermediaries/Diversified Risk Management Holdings, a diversified insurance and risk management business; Nexteco Energy Capital and Crucible Energy Partners LLC, which financed renewable energy installations through a combination of conventional and tax credit financing; America’s Cash Express, a consumer-facing lender providing both secured and unsecured loans to both prime and non-prime borrowers; and Steadfast Holdings, LLC, a family-owned investment vehicle that serves as a platform for investments across sectors but with a focus on innovative, entrepreneur-led growth companies. For over 15 years he has been an investor in growth stages companies across the financial services space as well as in real estate, digital marketing, consumer brands, and media, including Rumble, Inc (NASDAQ: RUM), an online video platform and Patriot Mobile, a mobile phone company. He is the author of three books, most recently “American & The Art of the Possible: Restoring National Vitality In An Age of Decay,” which describes problems undermining American prosperity and explains how to restore American growth and broadly shared affluence. Mr. Buskirk is a graduate of Claremont-McKenna College.

Ms. Ingraham is the host of “The Ingraham Angle,” an hour-long cable news program, which launched in October 2017, on Fox News (weeknights). This features Ms. Ingraham’s analysis of politics, business, legal matters and the culture, along with her interviews with prominent individuals in those fields. As a leading voice in conservative media for nearly three decades, Ms. Ingraham has grown and overseen her advertising revenue from her early syndicated radio career to podcasting to social media. Ms. Ingraham is the author of several bestselling books, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Obama Diaries and Power to the People. She is a frequent public speaker at both political and corporate gatherings. In the spring of 2025, she was appointed by President Donald Trump to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Previously, Ms. Ingraham served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of the United States and then a litigation associate at the Washington office of Skadden, Arps, et al.

Mr. Masters has served as a director of PublicSquare since July 2023 and a director of GrabAGun since July 2025. Mr. Masters is a successful entrepreneur and venture capital investor. Mr. Masters co-founded Judicata, Inc., a legal intelligence software company, in 2012 and served as its co-founder until 2014. From February 2018 to March 2022, Mr. Masters was the Chief Operating Officer of Thiel Capital, an investment firm that specializes in the technology sector. From July 2015 to March 2022, Mr. Masters also served as the President of the Thiel Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes science and innovation, and currently serves on the foundation’s board of directors. Mr. Masters was Arizona’s GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2022. In 2014, Mr. Masters co-authored with Peter Thiel, the book “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future,” which quickly became a #1 New York Times bestseller in the U.S., selling more than 3 million copies globally. Mr. Masters received his J.D. from Stanford Law School and his B.S. degree in Political Science from Stanford University.

Omeed Malik is our Chief Executive Officer and has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors since inception. Omeed is the Founder and President of 1789 Capital, a leading technology-focused investment firm funding the next era of American exceptionalism. Since 2018, Omeed has also served as the Founder and CEO of Farvahar Partners, a boutique investment bank and broker/dealer which acts as an advisor and liquidity provider to high growth venture backed companies and institutional investors. From 2023 to July 2025, he served as an officer and director of Colombier II; from 2021 to July 2023, he served as an officer and director of Colombier I; and from July 2023 to December 2024 served as a non-executive director of PublicSquare following the consummation of Colombier I’s business combination. Prior to starting his own firm, Omeed was a Managing Director and the Global Head of the Hedge Fund Advisory Business at Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 2012 to 2018. Omeed was also the founder and head of the Emerging Manager Program within the Global Equities business. In this capacity, Omeed was charged with selecting both established and new hedge funds for the firm to partner with and oversaw the allocation of financing/prime brokerage, capital strategy, business consulting and talent introduction resources. Before joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Omeed was a Senior Vice President at MF Global where he helped reorganize the firm’s distribution platform globally and developed execution and clearing relationships with institutional clients.

An experienced financial services professional and securities attorney, Omeed was a corporate lawyer at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP working on transactional matters in the capital markets, corporate governance, private equity and bankruptcy fields. Omeed has also worked in the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Omeed received a JD, with Honors, from Emory Law School (where he serves on the Advisory Board) and a BA in Philosophy and Political Science, Cum Laude, from Colgate University. He holds FINRA Series 7, 63, 3, 79 and 24 registrations.

Omeed serves on the board of directors of Fannie Mae and was selected to serve on our Board due to his significant leadership and financial experience.

Mr. Palihapitiya has served as the Chairman of the board of directors of American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp. A (NYSE: AEXA), a special purpose acquisition company, since July 2025. Mr. Palihapitiya is the founder and Managing Partner of Social Capital. Social Capital is a Silicon Valley based technology holding company founded by Mr. Palihapitiya in 2011 with a mission to advance humanity by solving the world’s hardest problems. Social Capital invests across the company lifecycle, from early-stage startups to transformational public companies. The platform is oriented toward long-term ownership and has a strong investment track record and experience in driving dramatic growth. Social Capital focuses on investing in fast growing companies creating significant disruption in multiple industries including healthcare, space, financial services, artificial intelligence and social media. Alongside his work at Social Capital, Mr. Palihapitiya also founded 8090 in 2024. 8090’s goal is to build an AI-enabled software factory designed to produce high-quality, well-maintained enterprise software and replace the trillions of lines of legacy software running inside of companies. Prior to founding Social Capital, Mr. Palihapitiya served as Vice President of User Growth at Facebook and is recognized as having been a major force in its launch and growth. Mr. Palihapitiya was responsible for overseeing Monetization Products and Facebook Platform, both of which were key factors driving the increase in Facebook’s user base to more than 750 million individuals worldwide. Prior to working for Facebook, Mr. Palihapitiya was a principal at the Mayfield Fund, one of the United States’ oldest venture firms, before which he headed the instant messaging division at AOL.

Mr. Trump has served as a Partner at 1789 Capital, an investment firm that provides financing to companies in the budding EIG economy, since November 2024. Mr. Trump has served as an Executive Vice President at The Trump Organization since September 2001, where he helps oversee the company’s extensive real estate portfolio, media and other business interests around the globe. Over the course of his career, Mr. Trump has played a critical role in many of the company’s most successful real estate development projects, including the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago, Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. and many others. Mr. Trump’s involvement in those projects was extensive, ranging from the initial deal evaluation stage, analysis and pre-development planning to construction, branding, marketing, operations, sales, and leasing. Mr. Trump has also spearheaded efforts to further expand the Trump brand globally and has overseen large segments of The Trump Organization’s commercial leasing business involving properties such as Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue and 40 Wall Street in downtown Manhattan. Since December 2024, Mr. Trump has served on the board of directors of PublicSquare Mr. Trump served as a consultant to GrabAGun from December 2024 to July 2025, and since July 2025, he has served as a director of Grab. Since March 2024, Mr. Trump has served on the board of directors of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (NASDAQ: DJT). In addition to his real estate interests, Mr. Trump is an accomplished and sought-after speaker. He has spoken extensively throughout the United States and around the world and maintains an influential social media presence. He was also featured as an advisor on the highly acclaimed NBC shows “The Apprentice” and the “The Celebrity Apprentice.” Mr. Trump received his bachelor’s degree in Finance and Real Estate from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania.

She has nearly three decades of capital markets and investment management experience, serving in senior roles and consulting for multiple hedge funds and investment banking firms worldwide. Ms. Willoughby currently serves as an advisor to hedge funds for capital partnerships with institutional investors. Prior to that, from 2023 to July 2025, she served as a director of Colombier II. From 2020 to 2022, she led the Client Strategy group for the launch of Brookfield Asset Management’s multi-manager hedge fund platform. Before Brookfield, from 2014 to 2020, she served as Head of Business Development at BeaconLight Capital, a global long/short equity fund where she oversaw Marketing and Investor Relations. Ms. Willoughby came to BeaconLight from UBS where she was an Executive Director in US Equity Sales covering long only accounts, hedge funds, and Asian sovereign wealth funds. She joined UBS after covering European equities as a senior salesperson in New York and London for ABN Amro and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Ms. Willoughby started her Wall Street career in equity research at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, following Specialty Chemicals and Fertilizers. She graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and a minor in East Asian Studies and is fluent in Mandarin. Ms. Willoughby currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the Penn Libraries and the Trustees’ Council for Penn Women. In addition, Ms. Willoughby is a member of the Endowment Committee for the Webb School of Knoxville, serves as a Trustee for the Knoxville Museum of Art and is a member of the Executive and Finance Committee, and is a Board member of the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital and serves on its Finance Committee.