Jason DeYonker is an

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businessman.

Biography

Early life

He graduated from the

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, with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting.

Career

He started his career at the Arthur Andersen Corporate Finance Group. He then worked at

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's Corporate Finance Group. He is the Managing Partner of Forté Management, specializing in financial business management, and the Founder and Managing Partner of Forté Capital Advisors, a

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firm. From 1998 to 2002, he managed

Erik Prince Erik Dean Prince (born June 6, 1969) is an American businessman, investor, author, and former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, and the founder of the private military company Blackwater. He served as Blackwater's CEO until 2009 and as its chairman u ...

's financial portfolio.Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ben Protess
Blackwater Founder in Deal to Sell Company
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'', December 16, 2010Jeff Stein
Onetime Blackwater affiliate scores U.S. contract
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'', 01/ 7/2011 He led the

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of Xe Services (formerly known as Blackwater), now known as

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. He helped expand the United States Training Center of Academi in

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and negotiated its first training contracts with the United States federal government.Investment group buys firm formerly known as Blackwater
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'', December 18, 2010 He sits on its board of directors as well as Box Services, The Wall Group, Inc., L'Wren Scott Fashion, and Serge Normant Professional.

References

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