Benjamin Hough

Hatteras Financial Corp. operates as a mortgage real estate investment trust. It owns and manages a portfolio of residential mortgage investments, primarily in residential mortgage securities, with a focus on those secured by adjustable-rate mortgage loans on single-family residences. The company was founded on September 19, 2007 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

ACM Financial Trust, Inc. operates a mortgage finance REIT. It specializes in government guaranteed residential adjustable-rate mortgage backed security management. The company was founded by William H. Gibbs Jr, Michael R. Hough, and Benjamin M. Hough in 1998 is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

American Security Bank was opened in September, 1990, as Sun Country Bank. In the fall of 2003, the Bank’s holdings expanded through the purchase of PriVest Bank, a single location in Santa Ana. In June of 2005 the Bank changed its name to American Security Bank. From June, 2005 to November, 2008, the Bank’s footprint expanded through the opening of new offices in Corona and Apple Valley; the relocation of its headquarters from Santa Ana to Newport Beach; the relocation of its commercial real estate lending division to the headquarters facility; and the construction of an updated office that replaced its flagship Apple Valley office. The bank currently operates five full-service banking offices. Two loan production offices and two convenient electronic banking vestibules. The four-county footprint served by American Security Bank includes the High Desert region of San Bernardino County, the Antelope Valley region of Los Angeles County, the Inland Empire, and Orange County.

F5 Sports, Inc. engages in the provision of a mobile application that enables baseball players at all levels to develop proper throwing mechanics faster and reduce the risk of injury. It offers pitchLogic. The company is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

Stitch Golf Holdings, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells golf products. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Cary, NC.