Scott Mushkin

Scott Mushkin CEO/Founder R5 Capital

Mr. Mushkin is the Founder and Managing Partner of R5 Capital. He also serves as the company’s CEO and Director of Research. Since its founding, Scott has overseen the growth of R5 Capital’s core research capabilities and the expansion of the firm into strategic and operational consulting services to private equity and a broad array of companies in the consumer sector.

Prior to founding R5 Capital, Scott was Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst covering retail, e-tail and consumer products at Wolfe Research and established the company’s consumer research practice.

Consistently ranked by Institutional Investor since 2008 as one of the top 3 food retailing analysts, Scott brings more than 30 years of buy-side and sell-side experience to the firm. Recognized as the top earnings estimator in 2019 by Thomson Reuters/Refinitiv and as the top stock picker in food and consumer staples retailing in 2018. Throughout his career including senior positions at Lehman Brothers, Jefferies and Bank of America, he has received various additional recognition from the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal and Forbes for his stock picking and analytical acumen. He also frequently appears on CNBC, as well as other business networks.

Mr. Mushkin received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Boston College and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago and currently resides in Florida with his wife and five children.

Angela Mushkin
 
Chief Operating Officer/Senior Consultant
 
Angela Mushkin joined R5 Capital in 2022 to manage the firm’s growing operations and to broaden its consulting capabilities to include department stores, Softline and Specialty retailers and related consumer product companies.

Prior to R5, Angela worked at Peach, a women’s athleisure company for five years, where she became a Partner. She spent over a decade with other women’s apparel, beauty and accessories companies, including BeautyCounter, Kokoon and Boden, a UK based clothing brand. At Boden she was a trunk show specialist and then became area manager in the New York metro region and organized focus groups for Boden’s senior leadership.

Angela received her BA from Boston College and holds an associate’s degree in exercise science and advanced personal training from Bryan University. She resides in Bradenton, Florida with her husband, Scott, and two of their five children.

Mark Herrmann

Senior Consultant/Research Analyst

Mark Herrmann has been an integral part of the R5 Consulting team for over 5 years, helping both Private Equity funds evaluate new investments and corporations improve their operating acumen. Mr. Herrmann is also the senior analyst covering the Off-Price and Sporting Goods sectors for the firm’s equity research business.
Before R5 Capital, Mark worked for 18 years in institutional equity sales as a Managing Director at Bear Stearns, PaineWebber, BB&T Bank and Oppenheimer & Co. He also spent 4 years consulting in strategy and business development for various alternative data companies, and is on the advisory board of BattleFin, an alternative data discovery company.

Mark received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Southern California, and a Graduate Certificate in data mining from Stanford University. He resides in San Francisco with his two children.

Mike Costa

Senior Institutional Sales Executive

With over 30 years of experience in the institutional equity markets, Mike Costa is a Senior
Sales Executive known for delivering high-conviction stock ideas and strategic market
insights to sophisticated asset managers. Mike specializes in building long-term
partnerships rooted in a deep understanding of capital markets. His mission is to help
clients capture more alpha, improve their investment decisions, and access cutting-edge
insights from specialized research sources.