Jonathan Jacobson From Highfields Capital Invests In these VCs And Hedge Funds

Jonathan Jacobson’s long and productive investment career was marked by success in big-name firms, including Shearson Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, which were the breeding grounds for later independent success.

In 1998 he founded Highfields Capital Management, a Boston-based alternative investment firm. At its core, it was a value-oriented firm that had a highly diverse approach to investing.

In 2018 Jacobson announced that Highfields Capital Management would wind down its operations before shutting down entirely in 2021. From there on, Jacobson, with his wife Joanna, focused on managing their One8 Foundation.

In its latest 990 filing from November 2024, the foundation reported expenses of $71 million, negative net income of $18 million,...