Jonathan Lavine

Jonathan Scott Lavine (born May 9, 1966) is an American business executive serving as co-managing partner of Bain Capital, and chief investment officer of Bain Capital Credit, which he founded in 1997 as Sankaty Advisors, a division of Bain Capital. Lavine is also a philanthropist who donated to several U.S. organizations. He is the co-chair of the Board of Trustees of Columbia University.[1]

Jonathan Lavine
Born (1966-05-09) May 9, 1966
Providence, Rhode Island, US
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University (BA)
Harvard University (MBA)
Occupations
SpouseJeannie Diane Bachelor (m. 1992)
Children2

Early life, education and family

Jonathan Lavine was born in Providence, Rhode Island and graduated from Classical High School in 1984. Lavine then attended Columbia College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and earned a BA magna cum laude in 1988.[2]

In 1992, Lavine earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.[3]

Lavine married Jeannie Diane Bachelor in June 1992 at Temple B’nai Abraham in Livingston, New Jersey.[4] They have two children, Allie and Emily and reside in Lexington, Massachusetts.[5]

Career

Lavine began his career as an analyst at Drexel Burnham Lambert upon his graduation in 1988. From 1991-1993, he worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company[6] until moving on to Bain Capital. In 1997, Lavine founded Sankaty Advisors, LLC as the credit affiliate of Bain Capital and served as managing partner and chief investment officer of the firm.[7] Sankaty was renamed Bain Capital Credit in 2016.[8][7]

In 2016, Bain Capital named Lavine co-managing partner of the firm. Lavine continued to lead Bain Capital Credit after becoming co-managing partner of Bain Capital.[8]

On December 6, 2016, President Barack Obama named Lavine to be a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.[9]

In 2008, Lavine also became a member of the Boston Celtics ownership group,[10] Boston Basketball Partners LLC.

Philanthropy

Lavine has served on the board of over ten organizations and educational institutions, including City Year,[11] Boston Children's Hospital,[12] the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,[13] Columbia University,[14] Horizons for Homeless Children,[15] and Opportunity Nation.[16]

In 2007, the Lavines formed the Crimson Lion Foundation, a private family foundation through which they have concentrated their philanthropic activities.[17]

Lavine has donated to a number of organizations and institutions, including City Year,[18] Harvard University,[19] Harvard Business School,[20] LIFT Communities,[21] Equal Justice Initiative,[22] and public radio station WBUR,[23] and the U.S. Holocaust Museum.[24] His two largest donations were $10M to City Year in 2012,[11] and $12.5M to Harvard Business School in 2017.[20]

References
  1. "Jonathan Lavine | Office of the Secretary of the University". secretary.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  2. "Jonathan Lavine". Office of the Secretary of the University. Columbia University. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  3. "Keynote Speakers". Wharton Restructuring Club. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  4. "WEDDINGS; Jeanne Bachelor, Jonathan S. Lavine". The New York Times.
  5. "Jonathan Lavine". New England ADL. newengland.adl.org. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  6. "Jonathan Lavine". Profile on Sankaty.com. Sankaty Advisors. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  7. Banerjee, Devin (7 April 2016). "Bain Capital Promotes Four, Renames Hedge Fund, Credit Units". Bloomberg. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  8. KREUTZER, Laura. "Bain Capital Rebrands Credit Affiliate, Public Equity Unit". WSJ.com. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  9. "Press Release - President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  10. "Celtics Owners Use Financial Background In Team's Management". SportsBusiness Daily. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  11. "The City Year Story" (PDF). Profile. City Year. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  12. "Boston Children's Hospital Trust: Board of Trustees". Who Supports Boston Children's. Boston Children's Hospital. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  13. "Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. Members of the Board of Trustees" (PDF). Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  14. "Campus News | Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  15. "Jonathan Lavine". Profile. Opportunity Nation. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  16. "Leadership Circle | Be The Change, Inc". Be The Change, Inc. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  17. "Jonathan Lavine". Profile. Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  18. Year, City. "City Year Launches Ten-Year Strategy To Build The Nation's Urban Graduation Pipeline". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
  19. Powell, Alvin. "A training lifeline for rescuers". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  20. "Business School Expands Financial Aid Opportunities | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  21. "[News Release] LIFT Launches The Lavine Family Innovation Fund – LIFT". www.liftcommunities.org. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  22. "Bain Capital exec gives $1 mil to anti-incarceration nonprofit - The Boston Globe". Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  23. "WBUR gets record $5 million donation for its cultural events center - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  24. "Museum Opens New Exhibition "Americans and the Holocaust" — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". www.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
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