Benjamin Gordon, Managing Partner and CEO, Cambridge Capital and BGSA.

Press & News

Benjamin Gordon, Managing Partner and CEO, Cambridge Capital and BGSA has dedicated his career to building successful and thriving supply chain companies. He has been featured by major media including Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. Below are recent press highlights.

CNBC: “Transportation: A Window Into the Economy”

Ben Gordon, on CNBC’s Power Lunch, discusses why he is watching cycling, consolidation and innovation next year.

Benjamin Gordon on GlobalTranz Acquisition of Cerasis

Logistics Management interviews Cambridge Capital CEO Benjamin Gordon on the investment in Cerasis by GlobalTranz. Why did it happen, and what will they buy next?

Logistics Management Interviews Benjamin Gordon on XPO

Will XPO sell or spin off its contract logistics, truck brokerage, and other non-LTL divisions? Logistics Management interviews Ben Gordon, Cambridge Capital CEO.

IdeaMensch Interview with Benjamin Gordon

IdeaMensch interviewed Benjamin Gordon. Topics include:

Where did the idea of BG Strategic Advisors begin?
How do you bring ideas to life?
Why are you excited about transportation technology?
What is your contrarian idea about autonomous vehicles?
How have you overcome failures?
What can we learn about leadership from Hillel?

Delivery and Logistics Poised to Take Center Stage in Next Decade

FreightWaves interviews Ben Gordon, Cambridge Capital CEO, on Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and the outlook for the logistics and technology sector in the 2020s. If the 2010s were about venture capital-funded investment in innovation, the 2020s will be about private equity-fueled financing of scale.

Amazon And 4 Other Reasons To Avoid FedEx Stock

Benjamin Gordon, Cambridge Capital Managing Partner, talks to Forbes about why FedEx dropped 10% today. Key issues include Amazon, micro warehouses, the move to 7-day shipping, and more.

Forbes: With Shares Up 93%, Target’s Turnaround Suggests Powerful Investment Strategy

Ben Gordon, Cambridge Capital CEO, interviewed in Forbes on how Target is beating Amazon

Data Driven Investor: What do Investors Look For? Advice for Founders

When founders seek to raise money from investors, what are the conversations that happen behind the closed doors of venture capital and private equity?

Supply Chain Brain: Future Jobs are in Logistics, not Red Tape and Brown Steel

Will government bureaucracy stifle innovation in supply chain, or will free-market logistics entrepreneurs win out?

Medium: Why Do We Throw Out So Many Donated Kidneys?

How supply chain leaders can help solve this crucial medical problem of organ shortages.

Data Driven Investor: The 21st Century Jobs are in Logistics, not Steel

How both political parties can boost the economy – it’s all about logistics

Authority Magazine: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became the CEO of Cambridge Capital

Ben Gordon interview with Carly Martinetti of Medium’s “Authority Magazine”

Data Driven Investor: Your Company Will Probably Get Hacked

Why your supply chain is the weak link — and how you can protect yourself

Forbes: What Amazon’s One-Day Delivery Means for UPS, FedEx, Walmart and Target

Cambridge Capital’s Ben Gordon in Forbes on Amazon Logistics

Medium: How to Survive a Heart Attack

Emergency rooms are all about logistics

Supply Chain Brain: The Future of Logistics Tech: A Chinese Century?

Ben Gordon outlines how recent Chinese investments could challenge US leadership in logistics technology

Medium: The Evolution of E-Commerce Fulfillment

5 Challenges for Logistics Companies to Overcome

Modern Distribution Management: Foodservice Distribution: A Consolidating Market

Ben Gordon on How Private Equity is Driving Technological and Acquisition-Led Change

Medium: No Weak Links

Protect Your Supply Chain Against Security Risks

Bloomberg Profile

Ben Gordon biography

Freightwaves: Carriers that take control of their data have the most to gain in today’s market

The talk, dubbed “Hope is Not a Strategy: Data Benchmarking to Improve Profitability,” was moderated by Benjamin Gordon, BG Strategic Advisors founder and managing partner

Supply Chain Brain: BGSA Supply Chain Conference Takeaways

Ben Gordon recaps topics from this year’s conference that are poised to play a major role in the development of the supply chain of the future

Wall Street Journal: DSV’s Big Takeover Bid May Revive Logistics Consolidation

The $4 billion buyout offer for freight forwarder Panalpina could push other operators to respond and lure more private-equity interest

C-Suite TV: M&A Executives, Serial Entrepreneurs, and CEOs Take The Stage

C-Suite TV’s “Executive Perspectives Live” airs new August episodes featuring M&A executives, including Ben Gordon from the CPA Annual Meeting

Contract Packaging Association: Executive Perspectives Live – Mergers and Acquisitions Panel Discussion

Panelist Ben Gordon discusses Mergers and Acquisitions: Starting, Growing and Exiting Strategies at CPA Annual Meeting in New Orleans

DeliveryCircle to Expand Nationally

DeliveryCircle Announces Series A Funding Led by Leading Financial and Strategic Supply Chain Investors

University of Florida, Warrington College of Business: Ben Gordon Joins SCMC Advisory Board

The Supply Chain Management Center (SCMC) at the Warrington College of Business/University of Florida has announced Benjamin Gordon will be joining it’s eminent advisory board team.

Modern Distribution Management: PE Impact on Foodservice Distribution

Ben Gordon case study on PE Impact on Foodservice Distribution: How consolidation, demand for technology continue to disrupt sector

DC Velocity: TPG acquisition may take Transplace beyond North America

Ben Gordon comments on TPG-Transplace deal

Wall Street Journal: Transplace to Be Acquired By TPG Capital

Ben Gordon comments on the deal for the freight logistics company that is expected to be close to $1 billion

New Deals in Logistics

Dustin Matteson interview with Ben Gordon on M&A and the future of logistics

Logistics: The View from Palm Beach

The annual BGSA Supply Chain Conference hosts more than 200 CEOs and leaders of transportation, logistics, supply chain and technology companies at the Breakers in Palm Beach.

Cambridge Capital Portfolio Company, Bringg, Successfully Closes Additional Round of Fundraising

Bringg, the leading customer-centric logistics platform for enterprises, has raised a $10 million funding round led by Aleph VC and joined by Coca-Cola and previous investor Pereg Ventures. This follows earlier investments from Ituran and Cambridge Capital.

Fortune: Here’s How Corporate Giants Are Holding Off Disrupters

Cambridge Capital’s Benjamin Gordon published a feature in Fortune. The article outlines how large corporations like Ford and UPS are using private equity and venture capital to invest in disruptive new companies. This trend is particularly important in transportation and logistics.