Ovadiah Jacob Joins Evercore as Senior Managing Director in the Private Capital Markets Group

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Evercore announced today that Ovadiah Jacob has joined the firm as a senior managing director in the private capital markets and debt advisory group, focused on ratings advisory. He will be based in New York.

“We are excited to welcome Ovadiah to Evercore,” said Dan Mendelow, co-head of Evercore’s U.S. investment banking business. “His strong background in ratings advisory will further strengthen and broaden our capital markets advisory and placement capabilities while enhancing the strategic guidance we provide to clients.”

Mr. Jacob said, “I’m delighted to join this storied franchise during its time of incredible and dynamic growth. I’m excited to be part of a great team working toward shared success.”

Mr. Jacob joins Evercore with over 15 years of experience as a trusted advisor on marquee transactions across technology, media and telecom; insurance; banks; asset management; industrials; healthcare; and real estate. He has helped clients navigate their most important transactions, including M&A, take-privates, spins, dispositions, and public and private debut and follow-on debt and equity financings. Most recently, he was a managing director at Goldman Sachs. Previously, he was an associate director at Standard & Poor’s with responsibility for rating a portfolio of North American life insurance companies. Mr. Jacob holds a B.S. from Yeshiva University and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

About Evercore

Evercore (NYSE: EVR) is a premier global independent investment banking advisory firm. We are dedicated to helping our clients achieve superior results through trusted independent and innovative advice on matters of strategic and financial significance to boards of directors, management teams and shareholders, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic shareholder advisory, restructurings and capital structure. Evercore also assists clients in raising public and private capital, delivers equity research and equity sales and agency trading execution, and provides wealth and investment management services to high-net-worth and institutional investors. Founded in 1995, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices and affiliate offices in major financial centers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. For more information, please visit www.evercore.com.