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Jonathan SOKOLOFF
LEONARD GREEN & PARTNERS
Managing Partner
Description
Jonathan Sokoloff is the co-Managing Partner of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. LGP is a leading private equity investment firm based in Los Angeles with over $85 billion of assets under management. The firm partners with experienced management teams, and often with founders, to invest in healthy, growing, market-leading companies. The firm primarily focuses on services, including consumer, healthcare, and business services, as well as distribution and industrials.
Mr. Sokoloff joined LGP in 1990. Prior to LGP, he was a Managing Director in corporate finance at Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc., which he joined in 1985, and a Principal of Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management LLC. He began his career with Woodman, Kirkpatrick & Gilbreath and Merrill Lynch & Co. Mr. Sokoloff presently serves on the Board of Directors of Jetro Cash & Carry and Mariner Wealth Advisors. His previous board positions include Authentic Brands Group, BJ's Wholesale Club, Shake Shack, Signet Jewelers, Union Square Hospitality Group, and Whole Foods Market, as well as other companies. Mr. Sokoloff serves as a trustee of Williams College and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He is also a board member of the Melanoma Research Alliance. Mr. Sokoloff earned a B.A. in Political Economy and History from Williams College.
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