Martin S. Sands has over 25 years of investment experience in areas that include investment banking, venture capital, private equity, real estate, money management, sales/brokerage, and merchant banking. Martin is the co-founder of Sands Brothers.

Martin began his career in 1983 at Shearson American Express Inc. and moved on to Oppenheimer & Co. where he serviced high net worth clientele nationally. He later joined Laidlaw, Adams, and Peck where he worked closely with investors as he focused on small capitalization and emerging companies. In 1988, Martin played a key role in opening and developing the NYC office for Rodman & Renshaw. In 1990, Martin, along with his brother Steven, founded and launched Sands Brothers and Co, Ltd. (“SB and Co”), which focused on providing high net worth investors an alternative to the large brokerage firms. The firm grew dramatically and by the year 2000, SB and Co. and its related entities had approximately 400 employees.

Martin has spent the past eight years pursuing various business ventures that spanned different industries and allowed him to act as both a principal and an investor in numerous ventures. Specifically, Martin directed his strategic focus toward both the asset management business and the real estate business. In the first half of 2001, he created the Select Access funds, a fund of funds family.  While developing and managing the fund of funds business, he acquired, renovated and/or sold approximately 500,000 square feet of class A commercial office space. Beyond these endeavors, Martin and his brother Steven pursued various growth opportunities and acted as member managers for some late stage venture capital funds.

Martin graduated from Union College where he received a bachelors degree in Political Science.   He continues to be very active in youth lacrosse as well as in various local, regional, and international charitable endeavors. Martin lives in Greenwich CT with his wife and four children.