Henry D. Jackson (born December 16, 1964) is an American investor and entrepreneur, who has been a UK citizen since 2005. He is chief executive of OpCapita LLP, a London-based private equity firm. Jackson founded OpCapita in early 2006 alongside operating partners David Hamid and John von Spreckelsen.

Early life

Jackson graduated summa cum laude from the College of Arts and Sciences and from the

Wharton School The Wharton School ( ) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. Established in 1881 through a donation from Joseph Wharton, a co-founder of Bethlehem Steel, the Wharton ...

of the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

in 1986 where he was awarded membership of

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and

Beta Gamma Sigma Beta Gamma Sigma () is an international business honor society. Founded in 1913 at the University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois and the University of California, it has over 980,000 members, selected from more than 600 collegiate chapters i ...

, the national business school honors society. He is the grandson of Henry L. Jackson, a co-founder of ''Esquire'' magazine who died in the crash of United Airlines flight 624 in 1948.

Career

In 1995, Jackson was named as one of Crain's New York's 40 Under 40 following his successful advice to the creditors of

Macy's Macy's is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. The first store was located in Manhattan on Sixth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets, south of the present-day flagship store at Herald Square on West 34 ...

in its merger with

Federated Department Stores Macy's, Inc. (previously Federated Department Stores, Inc.) is an American holding company of department stores. Upon its establishment in 1929, Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham & Straus, Lazarus (departm ...

. Jackson was also featured in a chapter of the book "A Not-So-Tender Offer: An Insider’s Look at Mergers and Their Consequences", profiling many of the transactions he advised on as a US investment banker and written by New York Times business reporter Isadore Barmash. Jackson is considered an "industry maverick" by the industry press for having established a firm with a clearly differentiated strategy of operational transformation. Before setting up OpCapita, he was a Managing Director of

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and head of its European Consumer and Retail Group. Prior to this he held partner-level positions at

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(CSFB), Peter J. Solomon Company, and

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) was a U.S. investment bank founded by William H. Donaldson, Richard Jenrette, and Dan Lufkin in 1959. Its businesses included securities underwriting; sales and trading; investment and merchant banking; financi ...

(DLJ), during which time he advised companies such as Home Depot, JC Penney, Ralphs Grocery Stores, Perry Drug Stores, Carrefour, Tesco, Prada, Ferrari and New Look on restructurings, financings and M&A. Jackson is on the board of

Invest Europe Invest Europe is a trade association representing Europe's private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors. Formed in 1983 as the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA), it rebrande ...

, a Brussels-based industry association representing Europe's private equity, venture capital and infrastructure firms and their investors, sits on its Mid-Market Platform Council and is chairman of its Turnaround and Operational Improvement Roundtable. He is active in philanthropy in the US and UK and is a member of the executive committee of the Special Projects Committee of

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK or MSKCC) is a cancer treatment and research institution in Manhattan in New York City. MSKCC is one of 72 National Cancer Institute– designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. Its main campus is ...

in New York, a member of the Council of the

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in London and a member of the Board of Overseers of the School of Arts and Sciences at the

Personal life

He is married to singer/songwriter Stacey Jackson, they have three sons and one daughter, and live in

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References

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