Entrust Inc.

Gregg S. Hymowitz serves as the founder and ultimate decision-maker for Entrust Inc. He also chairs EnTrust Global, the affiliated alternative asset manager based in New York. Gary Fegel, a business partner, has co-sponsored the EG Acquisition Corp. SPAC alongside Hymowitz, indicating a collaborative investment-committee dynamic for certain public-market vehicles.

The firm leverages its operational hubs in the Dubai International Financial Centre and Tokyo, along with EnTrust Global's New York network, to originate transactions. While detailed sourcing methods are not publicly disclosed, the co-investment relationship with the Brunei sovereign wealth fund and the Hymowitz family's deep ties in shipping and aviation finance suggest a network-driven, relationship-based deal flow rather than a broad auction process.

Entrust Inc.'s known activities center on direct investments, including direct ownership of hard assets like the Deucalion Aviation Fleet and direct venture capital positions. The affiliated EnTrust Global manages commingled funds for external limited partners, but Entrust Inc. itself appears structured for principal, balance-sheet investing rather than acting as a fund-of-funds allocator.

Gregg Hymowitz founded both entities. Entrust Inc. operates as the family-rooted investment vehicle with a Tokyo headquarters and a focus on principal investments in maritime, aviation, and venture capital. EnTrust Global is a New York-based asset manager that runs alternative strategies for institutional and sovereign clients, including a 20 percent minority stake held by the Brunei Investment Agency. The two share a founder and likely co-investment pipelines but remain legally distinct.

The Quandt family, the German industrial dynasty behind BMW, held a longstanding ownership stake in Entrust Corporation—formerly a Minnesota-based identity and security firm. The legacy relationship places the Quandts as a business partner to the current Entrust Inc. entity, though the precise nature of any ongoing co-investment or governance rights is not publicly detailed.

Yes, the EnTrust Global Foundation handles philanthropic giving. It is a separate entity from the investment vehicles, allowing for a structured charitable program that does not commingle donor-advised assets with the firm's operating or investment capital. Hymowitz's personal art collection and other lifestyle assets are also held outside the core investment entity.

EG Acquisition Corp., co-sponsored by Gregg Hymowitz and Gary Fegel, raised public capital to acquire a business in the industrial or transportation sector but failed to close a deal within its two-year deadline. In March 2025, the SPAC announced it would redeem all outstanding shares and dissolve, returning capital to investors (per SEC filings, 2025). This exit marks a retreat from the SPAC format for now, though it does not preclude future public-market activity.