Adam
Valenta

BUILDER · OPERATOR
Engraving of a ranch road leading to a V gate, with a live oak, a ranch house, a barn, a windmill, bluebonnets, and a Beechcraft Staggerwing overhead
PAST THE GATE, THE DAY SLOWS DOWN AT THE RANCHOVERHEAD: BEECHCRAFT MODEL 17 STAGGERWING
№ 01 / ABOUT

A long
horizon

I'm the CEO and co-founder of Alpha Rock Holdings. We buy aviation businesses from the people who built them and give them a permanent home.

Before Alpha Rock I worked in private market secondaries at Sandhill and growth equity at IronArc Ventures. I'm an Aggie, raised on Central Texas ranch land, and I've loved airplanes for as long as I can remember.

Engraving of an F-22, F-16, F-15 and F-14 flying in formation
F-22 · F-16 · F-15 · F-14  /  I GREW UP WANTING TO FLY THEM
№ 02 / WORK

What I'm
building

Engraving of a Staggerwing in an open hangar
Engraving of a Piaggio P180 Avanti in flight
PIAGGIO P180 AVANTI  /  ONE OF MY DREAM AIRPLANES
Engraving of a quill, an inkwell and a letter
№ 03 / WRITING

How I
think

That’s all I need to know: my grandfather’s warSTORY
№ 04 / OFF THE CLOCK

What I
love

Engraving of a white Shelby GT350 with twin racing stripes, seen from above on a country road
The GT350. Back roads, windows down.
Engraving of a golf ball on a tee, with a flag on the green and a bunker
Golf. Early tee times, honest scorecards.
Engraving of Bentley, a yellow Labrador retriever, smiling with tongue out
Bentley. Chief Lab Officer.
Engraving of a glass of red wine, a whiskey on the rocks, and a wine bottle on a table
Whiskey and wine. Slow pours, good company.
№ 05 / NOW

This month

Working on putting AI to work so a small team can run like a much bigger one.

Reading Good to Great, by Jim Collins.

Thinking about what it takes to build a company that’s still worth owning a generation from now.

UPDATED OCTOBER 2026
Engraving of a Bombardier Global 8000 flying above a cloud deck
BOMBARDIER GLOBAL 8000  /  A TIME MACHINE WITH WINGS
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