60Patrick Walsh Empire Holdings (Patrick Walsh Empire Hold)
Joined 2 years ago from South Florida, USA
Patrick Walsh Empire Holdings reflects the professional career of Patrick Walsh, an entrepreneur, investment specialist, company founder, and executive based in Palm Beach County, Florida. His background spans investment management, corporate strategy, enterprise finance, and value-oriented business leadership. In 2012, he founded PW Partners in Jupiter, Florida, with a focus on small and mid-cap companies and the disciplined use of operational strategy and capital allocation to support long-term value.
As founder and CEO of PW Partners, Patrick oversees work involving mergers and acquisitions, hedge funds, investment banking, equities, corporate strategy, and enterprise finance. The firm is focused on maximizing portfolio company value through careful strategic decision-making and meaningful capital allocation measures. His work has focused on the restaurant industry, where operational execution, financial structure, and market awareness often shape company performance.
Patrick’s professional work has been featured in Barron’s, Forbes, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. In 2018, Ernst & Young named the founder and CEO of PW Partners its Entrepreneur Of The Year. This recognition aligns with his work as an executive, investment professional, and company builder with experience across public markets, private opportunities, and operating businesses.
Patrick Walsh is also associated with his role at Empire Holdings and Investments, a diversified holding company headquartered in Palm Beach County. Patrick joined the company in 2020 and served as CEO, overseeing its corporate structure and flexible investment approach. Empire Holdings and Investments has subsidiaries in various markets and pursues opportunities across Florida and nationwide, expanding its work into a broader holding company model.
His clients and affiliations have included TMPL, Palm Beach Sports Club, LIV, Town Sports International, and Famous Dave’s of America. Patrick has also held board, chair, and committee roles with BJ’s Restaurants, Inc., Del Taco Restaurants, Inc., Famous Dave’s of America, and Town Sports International, where he served as chairman of the board. Nation’s Restaurant News named him to its 2015 Power List, which recognized 50 influential people in the restaurant industry that year.
Patrick began his career in 1998 at Prudential Capital Group and Prudential Securities as an investment analyst. There, he specialized in commercial property and publicly traded real estate investment trusts. He later joined Deutsche Bank as vice president of investment banking and spent several years with the multinational financial services company. From there, he moved to Illinois and joined a well-known long-short equity hedge fund before becoming managing partner at PWK Partners in Chicago. In 2012, he relocated to Florida and established PW Partners.
His education began at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he studied economics and competed in baseball and football. After a back injury ended his sports career, he transferred to Boston College in Massachusetts and graduated from the Chestnut Hill campus with honors in accountancy. Patrick later earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and completed further investment education at Columbia University, including the Graduate School of Business Executive Value Investing Program under Bruce Greenwald.
Born in San Diego, California, and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, he now lives and works in Jupiter, Florida. His parents, both New England natives, worked as a school teacher and a naval officer. Away from work, he enjoys cooking, fitness, travel, reading, and literature. Patrick Walsh Empire Holdings represents his connection to PW Partners, Empire Holdings, and Investments; investment management; board service; restaurant industry experience; and long-term business value creation.