Sy Jacobs

Founder at JAM Equity Partners LLC

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Mr. Seymour M.
Jacobs is a Founding Member at JAM Equity Partners LLC, a Managing Partner at Jacobs Asset Management LLC and a Chairman at Venture For America, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at First Investors Financial Services Group, Inc. Prior to founding JAM in 1995, Mr. Jacobs spent 12 years as a research analyst covering specialty financial services and bank stocks at Alex.
Brown and Sons, Mabon Nugent, L.F.
Rothschild and Co., and Salomon Brothers, Inc. He earned his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan and his MBA at New York University.

Sy Jacobs active positions

Companies	Position	Start
First Investors Financial Services Group, Inc. First Investors Financial Services Group, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance First Investors Financial Services Group, Inc. engages in operation of an automobile finance company. The company was founded by Tommy A. Moore, Jr. in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.	Director/Board Member	01/11/2000
Jacobs Asset Management LLC Jacobs Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Jacobs Asset Management LLC (JAM) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Seymour (Sy) Jacobs in 1995. JAM provides investment management services on a discretionary basis to privately offered pooled investment vehicles consisting of hedge funds and private equity funds.	Chief Executive Officer	01/01/1995
JAM Equity Partners LLC JAM Equity Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2006 by Sy Jacobs, Bill Roy and Mike Sekits, JAM Equity Partners LLC is a private equity firm located in New York City with an additional office in El Segundo, California.	Founder	27/04/2011
Venture For America, Inc. Venture For America, Inc. Personnel ServicesCommercial Services Venture For America, Inc. operates as a fellowship program that places recent graduates at startups in cities with emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems, forging a community of entrepreneurs committed to building companies. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Chairman	-
JSOV I TB LLC JSOV I TB LLC Investment ManagersFinance JSOV I TB LLC operates as a pooled investment fund. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Former positions of Sy Jacobs

Companies	Position	End
PROVIDENT FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.	Director/Board Member	-

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Training of Sy Jacobs

New York University	Masters Business Admin
University of Michigan	Undergraduate Degree

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Listed companies	1
PROVIDENT FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.	Finance

Private companies	5
First Investors Financial Services Group, Inc. First Investors Financial Services Group, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance First Investors Financial Services Group, Inc. engages in operation of an automobile finance company. The company was founded by Tommy A. Moore, Jr. in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.	Finance
Jacobs Asset Management LLC Jacobs Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Jacobs Asset Management LLC (JAM) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Seymour (Sy) Jacobs in 1995. JAM provides investment management services on a discretionary basis to privately offered pooled investment vehicles consisting of hedge funds and private equity funds.	Finance
JAM Equity Partners LLC JAM Equity Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2006 by Sy Jacobs, Bill Roy and Mike Sekits, JAM Equity Partners LLC is a private equity firm located in New York City with an additional office in El Segundo, California.	Finance
Venture For America, Inc. Venture For America, Inc. Personnel ServicesCommercial Services Venture For America, Inc. operates as a fellowship program that places recent graduates at startups in cities with emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems, forging a community of entrepreneurs committed to building companies. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.	Commercial Services
JSOV I TB LLC JSOV I TB LLC Investment ManagersFinance JSOV I TB LLC operates as a pooled investment fund. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.	Finance

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