Michael J. Woods
President & Managing Member
Woods Capital, LLC

Michael J. Woods is the President & Managing Member of Woods Capital, LLC.  Woods Capital, a global advisory investment firm, has been focused on institutionally based financial structures and modeling, capital solutions and real estate development.

Michael is also the Co-Founder and Board Chairman of rePlant Hemp Advisors, a first to market impact fund focused on the US industrial hemp industry (www.replanthemp.com), as well the Treasurer and Board Director of Hembio (www.hembio.org), a carbon credit and national resource advisory firm.    Michael is also a board member of Roman DBDR, (www.romandbdr.com), a $236 million publicly traded SPAC which also focuses on multiple financial product structuring capabilities and a Board Member of the Crover Group (www.crovergroup.com), a global real estate firm focused upon building resort communities.

Mr. Woods is the former CEO and COO of Big Sun Holdings which owns and operates Black Buffalo 3D Corporation (www.blackbuffalo.io), Flash Labs Corporation (www.flashlabs.io), and Big Sun Modular (www.bigsunmodular.com).  He was also the CEO & COO of Rothschild & Co. Asset Management U.S., Inc., and Global Partner of Rothschild & Co (www.rothschildandco.com).  Prior to Rothschild & Co., Mr. Woods served as CEO of DWS Investments and Head of the Americas, Global Client Group, for Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (www.dws.com).

Mr. Woods is an officer of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Finance Committee for the Business Council for International Understanding (www.BCIU.org) based in Washington, DC, and a Board Member, Finance Committee member and Chairman of the Development Committee of The Korea Society (www.koreasociety.org) , based in New York City.  Mr. Woods is a member of the  Executive Consultation Group of the Blue Dot Network (https://www.oecd.org/finance/oecd-and-the-blue-dot-network.htm), a division of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development based in Paris.   Mr. Woods is a 2018 honoree of the New York Responsible 100 Award and a member within the “Top 100 Innovators & Entrepreneurs Magazine” for 2023.  He previously served on the Board of Directors of The New York Metropolitan Opera, The Children’s Village in New York City and The Big Brothers Big Sisters Organization of Massachusetts Bay. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Taylor University located in Upland, Indiana. Mr. Woods resides on Long Island, NY, with his wife, Jennifer, and twin daughters.

Michael Woods has spent the last three decades cultivating an impressive career building and running businesses across the financial, technology, and construction sectors. He’s worked as CEO for various financial companies including Rothschild & Co. Asset Management and DWS Investments; co-founded technology firm, Monsoon Blockchain; and held the roles of CEO and COO for Big Sun Holdings, an organization that owns and operates building and technology companies.   read more

June 23, 2023, GLEN COVE, NY

Jennifer Curry, Nancy Sambuco, Jennifer Woods, Parker Larson and Stephanie Clark attend Preservation Long Island Annual Benefit on June 23, 2023 at a private residence in Glen Cove, New York.

June 30, 2021, Big Sun Holdings Group, Inc.

Our CEO, Michael Woods, was joined by business leadership from Acushnet, Samsung, LG, & media to bring awareness to partnerships between U.S. and South Korea.   watch video

October 4, 2023, Daily News

President Ranil Wickremesinghe took part in a high-profile business roundtable discussion titled “Economic Opportunities in Sri Lanka” which was held recently in the Pierre Hotel-New York in conjunction with the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.   read more

March 15, 2022, Houston, TX

Geoff Whaling and Michael Woods officially launch their first-to-market hemp impact fund focused on biobased innovation and decarbonizing the global economy read more