Jai Jacob

Jai Jacob serves as Managing Director and Director of Investment Strategy for Rockefeller Asset Management. He is a member of the firm’s Management Committee. In his role, Jai helps lead Rockefeller Asset Management’s growing equities solutions, focusing on combining quantitative techniques with fundamental research to support the investment process, generate differentiated alpha signals, and manage risk. He also acts as co-portfolio manager on select strategies and collaborates with institutional investors to

develop equity strategies that meet the increasingly customized needs of our clients. Prior to joining Rockefeller, Jai worked for nearly three decades at Lazard Asset Management in a variety of roles encompassing executive leadership, portfolio management, software development, and risk management. Most recently, Jai was a member of Lazard Asset Management’s executive leadership team as Chair of the Quantitative, Multi-Asset, and Alternatives Investment Group. He also served as Co-Head of Dynamic Portfolio Solutions and Lead Portfolio Manager for several equity and multi- asset strategies. He holds an undergraduate degree from Cornell University.