Rob Stevens, 60, is an entrepreneur, operator, and investor with more than three decades of experience building, scaling, and exiting businesses across manufacturing, logistics, consumer products, and private investment. He currently serves as Managing Partner of a large bourbon-focused investment fund, where he oversees strategy, disposition, and portfolio management within the American whiskey and spirits sector.
Previously, Rob was CEO and President of EnergyLogic LLC, a Nashville-based manufacturer of waste oil–fired commercial heating and boiler systems and distributor of high-volume, low-speed industrial ceiling fans. Under his leadership, the company grew nationally before being successfully sold in 2019.
Rob is also one of three founders of Big G Creative, a board game publishing company established in 2017. Big G quickly secured national retail distribution through partners including Target and Amazon, leveraging a shared-services model to efficiently launch and scale new products.
His entrepreneurial career began in 1995 with the founding of Material Handling Resources, which later became part of Ozburn-Hessey Logistics, an international third- party logistics provider. Earlier in his career, Rob worked with NCR Corporation, relocating to Nashville in 1992.
A native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Rob earned both a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and an MBA from Clemson University. Rob has been married to his wife, Tonya, for 32 years. They have three sons—Joseph, Turner, and Walker. Outside of work, he is a pilot and he also enjoys live music, snow skiing, golf, off-road motorcycling, and spending time outdoors.
