FairMarketValue Welcomes Peter McDonough, Andrew Thut and Joseph O'Donnell to Board of Directors

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IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- FairMarketValue (FMV), an AI-native financial intelligence platform and advisory firm serving America's middle market, today announced the addition of Peter McDonough, Andrew Thut and Joseph O'Donnell to its Board of Directors. The expanded board comes as FMV accelerates the growth of its institutional client base.

FMV's proprietary platform and data asset — spanning more than 450,000 private companies, 1.24 million financial statements, and comprehensive institutional transaction data — powers independent business valuations, financial reporting, and advisory services for banks, accounting firms, private equity firms and private companies. Every engagement is led by credentialed analysts and delivered through the platform.

"Peter, Andrew and Joe are joining FMV because they see what we see — an entire asset class worth trillions of dollars that still operates without the financial infrastructure public markets have had for decades. That's what we're building and deploying at FMV," said Ray Landgraf, Founding Partner of FairMarketValue.  "When a former Diageo president, a former BlackRock portfolio manager, and a former Tiger Global partner all join the same board, it tells you something about the size of the opportunity. America's private markets are overdue for the kind of intelligence and transparency that has defined public markets for a century. We intend to be the firm that delivers it."

Peter McDonough is the former President, Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer of Diageo North America. Before joining Diageo he held senior leadership positions at Procter & Gamble and Gillette. He is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and brings brings 15+ years of public-company board governance experience.

Andrew Thut is Head of Investor Relations & Capital Markets at EXL, a global data and AI company. Thut previously served as Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of the small and mid-cap growth portfolios at BlackRock and MFS Investment Management. He began his career on the technology investment banking team at Alex. Brown and Sons. Thut has spent his career as an investor, adviser and operator across emerging growth industries, including technology, business and information services and consumer.

Joe O'Donnell is CEO of Canary Data, an AI investment-research platform whose clients manage trillions of dollars and include leading hedge funds, mutual funds and family offices. O'Donnell spent eight years as a Partner at Tiger Global Management, running the firm's multi-billion-dollar short portfolio.

"Few start-ups are able to attract the level of board talent that we are welcoming today," added Brandon Mills, Co-Founding Partner. "Peter brings hands-on global brand-building and public corporate governance experience; Andrew's deep capital markets expertise and institutional relationships provide an invaluable perspective about how the worlds of small-cap publics and middle-market privates have converged; and Joe built and ran a multi-billion-dollar portfolio at Tiger Global before co-founding one of the most sophisticated financial data platforms in the institutional market. Their collective insight is a massive strategic acceleration for FMV."

About FairMarketValue

FairMarketValue (FMV) is a financial intelligence and advisory firm built for America's private business economy. FMV delivers independent business valuations, financial reporting, and advisory services to banks, accounting firms, private equity firms, and private companies. Every engagement is led by credentialed analysts and powered by FMV's proprietary platform and data asset of more than 450,000 private company financial statements and comprehensive institutional transaction data. For more information, visit fairmarketvalue.com.

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