Matt graduated from Auburn University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He left a career in oil and gas to start Matt Camron, Inc. For the past 30 years, Matt has specialized in antique textiles, oriental rugs, kilims, and oriental needlework, as well as European rugs and tapestries. Matt has lectured to antique study groups and contributed to articles in Veranda and Southern Accent magazines. Matt has been a frequent participant in the Southern Accent/Neiman Marcus Idea Houses in Dallas, as well as in the Pink Ribbon Houses in Houston, benefiting breast cancer research at Baylor College of Medicine.

Matt is a member of the International Society of Appraisers, is an ASID Industry Partner and has served on the Costume and Textile Sub-Committee of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

Matt and his wife, Jennifer, are among the Founding Benefactors of the Arts of the Islamic World at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Matt currently serves on the Arts of the Islamic World Sub-Committee of the MFAH.

Matt's daughter, Sarah Esfahani, has joined him in the family business. Sarah is a graduate of Episcopal High School in Houston, and a 2006 graduate of Tulane University in New Orleans, where she majored in Business and Art History, and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She worked 2 years as an auditor before joining Matt Camron in Fall 2009.