Thomas R. Hudson Jr. founded Pirate Capital LLC in 2002.

From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Hudson served as a Managing Director at Amroc Investments, LLC, an investment management firm, where he directed all distressed research and managed the bank loan trading desk.

From 1997 to 1999, he served as a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Goldman, Sachs & Co., responsible for investing and trading a $500 million portfolio of distressed domestic and international private assets. Mr. Hudson earned a B.S. in 1988 from Babson College, majoring in Entrepreneurial Studies, and earned an M.B.A. in 1993 from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College.  Mr. Hudson currently serves as a director of The Brink’s Company, a provider of security and cash management services, The Allied Defense Group, Inc., a defense contractor, and The PEP Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack, an automobile parts retailer