Ignacio Jayanti - Corsair Capital

About this episode

Ignacio Jayanti discusses his extensive experience in private equity and investment banking, highlighting his role at Corsair Capital.

Ignacio Jayanti is the Chief Executive Officer of Corsair and serves as Chairman of the Buyouts Investment Committee and as a member of the Infrastructure Investment Committee. He joined Corsair in 1993 when the first Corsair fund was launched and is based in New York. Ignacio is a director of Corsair portfolio companies IDnow and ZEDRA. Prior to spinning off Corsair as an independent business from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. in 2006, Ignacio played a key role as a senior member of the investment team of the predecessor Corsair funds and also was responsible for managing the operations of the Corsair business from 1994 onwards. From 1994 to 1999, Ignacio was also a senior member of the Investment Banking Department of J.P. Morgan, where he headed the Emerging Markets Financial Institutions group. Prior to J.P. Morgan, Ignacio worked at Credit Suisse First Boston in the Financial Institutions group both in New York and London. His investment banking experience includes complex advisory assignments in the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Ignacio holds both a B.A. and an M.A. in Economics from Queens' College, Cambridge University. He is a Fellow of the inaugural class of…

People in this episode

Guest: Ignacio Jayanti

Topics covered

• private equity
• investment banking
• financial institutions
• infrastructure investment
• portfolio management

Keywords

• Ignacio Jayanti
• Corsair Capital
• investment banking
• private equity
• financial institutions
• J.P. Morgan
• Credit Suisse

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Corsair Capital, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Credit Suisse First Boston

Books & works: Queens' College, Cambridge University

Places: New York, Europe, Asia, Latin America

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