Sharon Amezcua

As a serial entrepreneur for the past 35 years, Sharon Amezcua (along with her team of other serial entrepreneurs) has created, built, accelerated, invested in and exited hundreds of companies across the globe. The beginning of Sharon’s career was focused on building and growing energy-related companies in lighting, HVAC control systems and alternative energy. After the successful exit of New Energy Ventures in LA, Sharon Co-Founded MCC Global NV, an old-style merchant bank that was listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange in 2006. MCC offered a proprietary incubation and acceleration “de-risking” process that Sharon developed and implemented with her global team to build, accelerate and exit hundreds of emerging and established companies with an unmatched track record of success.  As Vice Chairman of Moore Clayton Capital Advisors, Inc. and Vice President of Equus II, MCC Global's fund management company and its NYSE-listed private equity fund, respectively, Sharon was instrumental in increasing the overall value and ROI of this highly regulated BDC. 

Currently, Sharon is the Founder of ESE Partners, LLC and Co-Founder of ESE Fund Ltd., a future financial services company and associated private equity fund that builds and invests in emerging and established companies in targeted sectors across the world.  With the leadership of her London-based business partner, Edward Fitzpatrick, ESE has created an unregulated stock exchange in Europe (European Stock Exchange) and a regulated stock exchange, AlliedSX (A Start-Up Stock Exchange) that is expanding globally. Sharon is also the Co-Founder of SSG, LLC, a technology transfer company managed by women at the top of their fields and initially created to build companies in the US and the Middle East/North Africa region of the globe. ESE and SSG both have a strong focus on traditional industries converging with new technologies particularly in new media, healthcare, alternative energy and financial services. 

Sharon’s passion (besides dancing!) is working with young people through business and philanthropy to enhance their entrepreneurial skills and assist them in executing their dreams. She is also an active Board member of the British American Business Council and on the Advisory Boards of early stage companies in her portfolio and charities that she is passionate about.