Valdes Griffin

Mr. J.
G.
Valdes is Partner at NewGate Capital Partners LLC.
Mr. Valdes spent two years at E.
& J.
Gallo Winery where he led restaurant sales for downtown Tampa and Polk County.
The entrepreneurial urge captivated Griffin, which drove him to open “The Irish Pub” in Ybor City (Tampa’s Historic District).
After three years Griffin divested his interest with the company to return to the beverage industry with a start-up microbrewery called “Herr Damm Beer Company” as CMO where he governed all sales, marketing and promotions for the company.
Griffin was then recruited to become the Director of Operations to launch another start-up company, “Millennium Spring Water”, when they secured the copyright name Millennium as it pertained to the beverage industry.
Griffin directed all operations and grew the Millennium brand throughout the Southeast through strategic partnerships with NASCAR.
Millennium sponsored 50 cars in the series.
After traveling the NASCAR circuit with Millennium, Griffin decided to settle down in Central Florida and entered the burgeoning Life Settlement Industry.
Griffin took a position as Executive Vice President with The Medical Escrow Society/Assignable Life Assets to negotiate and administer settlements of life insurance policies.
Over the next 5 years Griffin was successful in growing the company into the industry leader.
With the experience and knowledge he gained and a blessing of his previous partner Griffin launched his own Life Settlement Company Mr. Valdes received his undergraduate degree from Florida State University.