Blackthorne Partners Team

John, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), has a 30-year history of helping public, private and institutional investors reach their financial goals. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a B.B.A. in Finance, John began his investment career at The Marine Trust Company (now JPMorgan Chase), where he worked as an equity analyst and portfolio manager for owners of high-net-worth, personal trust accounts. Since then, he has held a variety of positions involving both individual and institutional investment management. That experience includes time in management and capital markets with Blunt Ellis and Loewi, and as a shareholder in Cleary Gull, a Milwaukee-based investment banking and brokerage firm focused on the institutional marketplace. John founded Blackthorne Partners in fall 2006 to help provide high-net-worth individuals with easier access to private equity investments. John has a history of professional and personal engagement among his peers and in the community. He is a member of the Association for Corporate Growth and the CFA Society of Milwaukee.