Bio

Jesse Jacobs is a Co-Founder and Partner at The Chernin Group. Prior to founding The Chernin Group, Jesse was a senior member of the media, entertainment, and sports advisory, investing and financing team at Goldman Sachs. Jesse began his career in NFL, MLB, and NHL sports television production at the inception of Fox Sports and then for CBS Sports in the Olympics. He was part of the early wave of online video and online music both at IFILM, where he ran content, as well as at Yahoo! Internet Life (a JV between Yahoo! and Ziff-Davis) where he produced live music and film events celebrating the best in digital video and digital music. He also co-authored a book on the digital media industry. Jesse is on the board of directors of TCG, The Chernin Group, Barstool Sports, Hodinkee, Exploding Kittens, Goldin Auctions, Collectors Universe, Equip, Funko, The North Road Company, and a board observer of Scopely. He was previously on the board of directors of The Action Network, Otter Media, Fullscreen, Ellation (Crunchyroll), Hello Sunshine, Headspace and Gunpowder & Sky. Jesse is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in English and Communications and holds an MBA from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.