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Jon F. Weber | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Babson College Harvard Law School |
| Occupation(s) | Business executive Investor |
| Website | jonfweber |
Jon F. Weber is an American investor and business executive known for his work focused on the operational turnaround of companies.[1] He has led portfolio operations teams at investment firms including Icahn Enterprises, Goldman Sachs, Anchorage Capital, BlueMountain Capital, and Elliott Investment Management.[2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Weber received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1980 and a Master of Business Administration in 1981 from Babson College.[4] In 1985, he earned a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.[5][1]
Career
[edit]Weber began his career as a corporate attorney at Weil, Gotshal & Manges.[5] In the late 1980s, he worked in investment banking at Salomon Brothers and later at Morgan Stanley.[5][6] From 1998 to 2000, he was a managing director for J.P. Morgan in São Paulo, Brazil.[5][6]
From 2000 to 2002, Weber was chief financial officer at Alchemedia Ltd. and QuantumShift Inc.[6] He joined Icahn Enterprises in 2003, serving as President and head of portfolio company operations until 2007.[3] During this time, he was also CEO of Viskase Companies, Inc. (2003–2004) and CEO of Philip Services Corporation (beginning in 2003).[3][6] He held board directorships at Icahn portfolio companies, including XO Communications and American Railcar Industries.[5]
In 2007, Weber joined Goldman Sachs as a managing director in the Special Situations Group, where he created and led a portfolio operations team. From 2010 to 2017, he was a managing director and operating partner at Anchorage Capital Group, heading the portfolio oversight group.[3]
In 2017, Weber joined BlueMountain Capital Management as Head of Portfolio Company Management, a position he held until early 2020.[3][7] In February 2020, he was hired by Elliott Management as a Managing Director and Head of Global Portfolio Operations.[3] He left the firm in mid-2023.[8]
In 2024, Weber founded Jon F. Weber & Co., LLC, an advisory firm for investors in post-restructuring companies.[8]
Weber is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[9] He serves on the board of directors of Chai Lifeline, a nonprofit organization.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gopinath, Deepak (March 23, 2006). "Icahn Gambles on Golf Resort, Casinos, Sausage Casing Makers". Bloomberg.
Weber, who's a graduate of Harvard Law School and former managing director at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and just four other managers are in charge of overseeing the companies...
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- ^ a b c d e f Sullivan, Casey. "Hedge fund giant Elliott is looking more like a buyout shop as it brings in a BlueMountain exec to head up a new group tasked with overseeing portfolio companies". Business Insider.
- ^ "Babson Magazine".
- ^ a b c d e f "Jon Weber profile".
- ^ a b c d "sv1za".
- ^ "BlueMountain Bets on Health Care with Two New PMs". Institutional Investor.
- ^ a b Saacks, Bradley. "How $70 billion Elliott has evolved to be a more 'rigid' hedge-fund behemoth, spawning a class of spinoffs". Business Insider.
- ^ "Council on Foreign Relations".