Judson Traphagen

Judson Traphagen currently runs Plough Penny Partners, a private investment firm in New York City. Previously, Mr. Traphagen worked at Japonica Partners from 1989 until 1998. He received a B.A. in History from Denison University in 1989 and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School in 1994.

Founded in 1985, Plough Penny Partners is a New York based investment firm that manages the assets of the Traphagen famly. Plough Penny Partners has interests in numerous publicly traded and privately held companies, in addition to various real estate holdings and partnership interests. The firm's entrepreneurial nature and lean structure results in rapid decision making and a timely due diligence process.

The name of the firm is inspired by the farm Ross Traphagen owns in New Vernon, NJ called Plough Penny Hill.