Early Life and Education
Toby Randolph Neugebauer was born on December 1, 1971. He is the son of Randy Neugebauer, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from New York University in 1993.
Rise to Success
Neugebauer's career began in investment banking at Kidder, Peabody & Co.'s Natural Resources Group. He later co-founded Windrock Capital. In 1998, alongside S. Wil VanLoh Jr., he co-founded Quantum Energy Partners, a private equity firm focused on the energy sector, where he served as managing director. The firm invested significantly in the Barnett Shale. More recently, Neugebauer co-founded Fermi America, a data center real estate investment trust.
Key Business Strategies
Neugebauer's key strategies involved early investments in the energy sector and, more recently, data centers. With Quantum Energy Partners, he built a successful private equity fund. At Fermi America, he is focused on developing data centers with significant power capacity, with plans for a large campus in Amarillo, Texas. He also served on the boards of several energy companies, including Linn Energy, and co-founded Legacy Reserves.
Philanthropy
Toby Neugebauer and his family are involved in philanthropy, focusing on family formation and preservation. They have supported orphanages and schools in Africa and have established a foundation encouraging philanthropy. In 2010, Neugebauer took his family on a 110-day world tour to visit slums, orphanages, and villages, aiming to instill philanthropic values in his children.