Every partner at Ethos Capital is someone that co-founders Fadi Chehada or Erik Brooks has known for at least a decade.

Erik Brooks asserts that having an experienced operator like Fadi Chehada in management meetings elicits deeper and better quality information compared to traditional private equity investors.

During the emerging market crisis of the late 1990s, Erik Brooks' investments in Eastern Europe saw their value drop from 70 cents on the dollar to 4 cents on the dollar.