Faherty avoided venture capital and private equity to remain independent indefinitely
Alex Faherty · Faherty Brand: Alex and Mike Faherty. How Jersey Shore + Manhattan Chic grew to 80 stores. · Oct 13, 2025 · at 55:57
Alex Faherty, co-founder of apparel brand Faherty Brand, explains why he and his brother Mike avoided traditional venture capital growth pressures in order to retain long-term control.
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“And so I knew that sort of like going the venture capital private equity route was something we wouldn't do because of what we wanted to do with the brand, how we wanted to do this forever. We didn't really want to sell it.”
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