Mr. Weems is Managing Director and a co-founder of Beacon Street Capital, LLC, with primary responsibilities in the areas of marketing, trading and client services. Prior to co-founding Beacon Street Capital, he had over 23 years of experience in the securities industry with Salomon Brothers and Salomon Smith Barney after the merger of Salomon Brothers and Smith Barney. Having joined Salomon Brothers in Chicago in 1977, he moved to Atlanta with the firm in 1983. In 1995, Mr. Weems became Manager of the firm’s Atlanta office with overall responsibility for all sales activities in the Southeast and was named Managing Director shortly thereafter. In 2000, he left Salomon Smith Barney to concentrate on private investments and community activities, until the startup of Beacon Street Capital in November 2001. Mr. Weems received a B.A. in 1975 from Vanderbilt University with a double major in Economics and Business Administration and earned an MBA in 1977 from the University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business with concentrations in Finance and Accounting. He, and his wife Cary, are the proud parents of triplets. In 2016 Mr. and Mrs. Weems relocated to St. Simons Island, GA. In Atlanta, they were parishioners at All Saints’ Episcopal Church where he served as a Vestry member, as Senior Warden and as chair of the Finance Committee. He is also a member of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 1998 and served for 11 years on the Wade Hampton Golf Club Donor Advised Fund grants committee.
