Aaron Montgomery

Aaron Montgomery is the Managing Partner of the investment firm, The Montgomery Development Group. Prior to his current role, Aaron was Chief Strategy Officer of Mission Lane, a Forbes Top 50 FinTech and Co-Founder of CarLotz (NASDAQ: SFT), a disruptive innovation in the used automotive retail market. He has also been a consultant at McKinsey & Co. and a sales executive at Kiva Systems, a robotics company that was acquired by Amazon in 2012.​

​In addition to his work as an investor, Aaron is also an author, speaker, and instructor. He recently finished his first book, Suspend Your Disbelief, as a giveback to the next generation by sharing stories from his life and career. He also teaches Leadership and Strategy at The PowerMBA, an online course platform that is designed to democratize access to executive education. He is a 3X Inc. 5000 honoree (2018, 2019, and 2020), and a 2X finalist in EY's Entrepreneur of the Year Program (2015, 2019). He was named Executive Partner of the Year by the Society of Human Resource Managers (SHRM) in 2013.​

​Aaron holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He has served on the boards of the United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg and Junior Achievement of Central Virginia. An avid pilot, fitness enthusiast, and bad golfer, Aaron lives in Richmond, VA, with his wife Nimisha and their daughter Diya.