Clementine Investments

Clementine Investments

Clementine Investments was established in 2015 as the private investment vehicle for Greg O'Hara, who created the travel-focused private equity firm Certares. His wealth originated from structuring major tourism and technology transactions, most notably serving as the lead investor in the $900 million take-private of American Express Global Business Travel in 2014 and building a significant position in TripAdvisor. The Jackson, Wyoming-based office manages a portfolio that is inextricably linked to O'Hara's professional network and personal interests. The firm's deployment strategy concentrates on direct equity stakes in operating businesses and hard assets, with no evidence of passive fund commitments. The asset mix is idiosyncratic: the hospitality vertical includes the Griffin Club Los Angeles and The Ray Hotel, a Curio Collection by Hilton property in Delray Beach, Florida. A consumer and media allocation is visible through O'Hara's adjacency to Noam Gottesman's TOMS Capital, which led the acquisition of Henson Independent Properties' stake in 'The Jim Henson Company' in 2022. The most unique line item is motorsport: the garage holds a collection of vintage Singer Porsches, and the firm co-owns the Hertz Team JOTA Porsche 963, which competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Greg O'Hara runs the investment process, supported by senior operating partners from the Certares ecosystem. Thomas LaMacchia serves as General Counsel and Managing Director for both Clementine and Certares, while Colin Farmer, a Certares partner, is identified as a co-owner of the private equity firm. The office's reach into adjacent networks is formalized through O'Hara's role as Chairman of the World Travel & Tourism Council, placing him at the center of the industry's capital flows. The firm's philanthropic arm funnels capital into The Guilford Foundation and The Innocence Project, aligning with the O'Hara family's personal giving. Clementine's structural differentiator is its identity as a hybrid deployment vehicle where the investment portfolio serves as a ledger of a principal's career relationships and passions. It does not market to external allocators, does not disclose AUM, and does not pursue a thematic mandate. Its capital is wired through a web of co-investor ties — Knighthead Capital's Tom Wagner appears alongside O'Hara in the Singer Vehicle Design stake and the Hertz bankruptcy-restructuring play — making the office resemble an invitation-only syndicate more than a conventional family office.