Partner
Preston Hayes
Partner, LBA Sunstone
- Firm
- LBA Sunstone
- Title
- Partner
- Role
- Partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 1 October 2026
About
Prior to Sunstone, Preston was a co-founder of Penn Hill Capital and formerly a Principal in the Private Equity Group at Ares Management Corporation. Preston has over 15 years of experience structuring deals across a variety of investment types, including leveraged buyouts, greenfield project development, shared control growth equity, and distressed balance sheet recapitalizations & restructurings. Prior to Ares, Preston was an investment banker at Jefferies in the leverage finance and restructuring groups. Preston holds a Bachelors of Science degree from the Wallace E Carroll School of Management at Boston College where he graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Honors Program.
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