Mark Horrell

Mark Horrell

Founder/Managing Partner, Woodside Capital Partners

Fort Worth, TX 76102

Phone (817) 720-9663

Mobile (817) 233-7360

Mark Horrell is the Managing Partner at Woodside Capital Partners and is responsible for overseeing the firm’s acquisition and servicing.
Property Types
Office, Retail
Markets
Northern New Jersey, Las Vegas, Des Moines
Languages
English
Bio
Mark Horrell is the Managing Partner at Woodside and is responsible for overseeing the firm’s acquisition and servicing platforms. Mr. Horrell is a financial services industry veteran of over 30 years and prior to Woodside was the President and CEO at FirstCity Financial Corporation (“FirstCity”). FirstCity was a 135-person organization with over $650 million of managed distressed assets comprised of over 1400 account relationships. Mr. Horrell joined FirstCity in January 2009 as the Managing Director of Acquisitions and became FirstCity’s most senior ranking executive at the beginning of 2013. Before FirstCity, Mr. Horrell spent 12 years in the hedge fund industry. From 1997-2001, he was with a multi-billion-dollar, multi-disciplined fund in Fort Worth, Texas (Q Investments) and from 2002-2005 he was one of two principals in a $350 million fund focused on risk arbitrage and convertible debt securities in Arlington, Texas (Durango Partners). In 2006, he founded a fund focused on convertible arbitrage (Hercules Security Investments). In addition to the hedge fund experience, Mr. Horrell spent 12 years in commercial banking at the largest bank holding company in Oklahoma (Liberty Bancorp). During this tenure, he served in numerous roles including Investment Portfolio Manager for an $800 million fixed income portfolio (mostly treasury securities), Credit Review Committee Chairman, and Loan Review Manager. Mr. Horrell earned a BBA in Finance and an MBA from the University of Oklahoma and also received the CPA designation. ?
Education
University of Oklahoma - BBA in Finance/MBA/CPA