Matthew Hartley is the President of Winestore Holdings, the parent company behind the Winestore. retail chain which opened its first location in North Carolina in the fall of 2006. Prior to starting this company, Matt worked at the Corporate Executive Board in Washington, DC where he served as an Associate Director in the Sales & Marketing Group . Matt has been an active entrepreneur since his teenage years, when he started Hartley Brown Venture Partners with longtime friend and colleague Lincoln Brown.