14 Facts About Jonathan Lavine

Jonathan Scott Lavine was born on May 9,1966 and is an American business executive, co-managing partner of Bain Capital, and philanthroplist.

Jonathan Lavine serves as chief investment officer of Bain Capital Credit, which he founded in 1997 as Sankaty Advisors, a division of Bain Capital.

Jonathan Lavine is the co-chair of the Board of Trustees of Columbia University.

Jonathan Lavine was born in Providence, Rhode Island and graduated from Classical High School in 1984.

In 1992, Jonathan Lavine earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Jonathan Lavine married Jeannie Diane Bachelor in June 1992 at Temple B'nai Abraham in Livingston, New Jersey.

Jonathan Lavine began his career as an analyst at Drexel Burnham Lambert upon his graduation in 1988.

In 1997, Jonathan Lavine founded Sankaty Advisors, LLC as the credit affiliate of Bain Capital and served as managing partner and chief investment officer of the firm.

In 2016, Bain Capital named Jonathan Lavine co-managing partner of the firm.

Jonathan Lavine continued to lead Bain Capital Credit after becoming co-managing partner of Bain Capital.

On December 6,2016, President Barack Obama named Jonathan Lavine to be a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.

In 2008, Jonathan Lavine became a member of the Boston Celtics ownership group, Boston Basketball Partners LLC.

Jonathan Lavine has served on the board of over ten organizations and educational institutions, including City Year, Boston Children's Hospital, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Columbia University, Horizons for Homeless Children, and Opportunity Nation.

Jonathan Lavine has donated to a number of organizations and institutions, including City Year, Harvard University, Harvard Business School, LIFT Communities, Equal Justice Initiative, and public radio station WBUR, and the US Holocaust Museum.