Michael Hooks Biography and Net Worth

Mr. Hooks has served as the Chair of our Board since February 2014. For an interim period after the departure of our former Chief Executive Officer in 2024, Mr. Hooks served as Executive Chair of the Board from February 2024 to August 2024 and a member of the Office of Chief Executive Officer from May 2024 to August 2024. Mr. Hooks was a director of the LLC from May 2006 until our recapitalization in connection with the IPO in February 2014. He is a cofounder and has been managing partner of Westhook Capital LLC since 2017, and he is a co-founder and has been a managing director of Black Canyon Capital LLC since 2004. Previously, Mr. Hooks was a co-head of the Los Angeles office of Credit Suisse First Boston and a managing director in the Los Angeles office of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He previously served on the boards of directors of Metco Landscape Holdings, LLC, JDC Healthcare Management, Saunders & Associates, TASI Holdings, Virgin America, Logan’s Roadhouse and Switchcraft, as well as the Supervisory Board of Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology, at the time a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Hooks received a degree in Economics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. with distinction from the Wharton School of Business. Based on his extensive experience as an investment banker advising companies on their financing and strategic alternatives, his experience as a private equity manager working with companies and their management teams to grow and improve their businesses, and his deep knowledge of Malibu Boats, Inc. given his initial tenure as a board member of the LLC, we believe Mr. Hooks is qualified to serve on the Board.