Number of Founded Organizations 1
CB Rank (Investor) 117,978
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Jesse is the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Virgo with lead responsibility for the day-to-day operations of Virgo and the Fund, the sourcing and investment process, portfolio construction and investor relationships. Prior to Virgo, Jesse was a senior investment professional at Eton Park Capital Management where he focused on

credit, distressed, special situations and asset-based investing. Jesse joined Eton Park through a merger with R6 Capital Management, where he was a co-founder, partner and portfolio manager with responsibilities which included portfolio construction and hedging, management of the investment process and firm strategy.

Prior to joining R6 Capital, Jesse was a senior investment professional at Silver Point Capital. Jesse worked on both the public trading desk and assisted in the build out of the firm’s middle-market, private investment business, where he worked with several Virgo team members. Prior to Silver Point, Jesse was an Associate with Clayton, Dubilier and Rice (CD&R) and an Analyst with Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, the leveraged buyout principal investment division of Morgan Stanley. Jesse earned his BA from the Johns Hopkins University with highest honors, graduating at the top of his class with Phi Beta Kappa distinction. Jesse also studied at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and was a guest of the Japanese Ministry of Finance in Tokyo for a seminar on fiscal and monetary policy where he published a conference paper on private equity in Japan. Jesse is a member of the Virgo investment committee.

Number of Partner Investments 1
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jun 22, 2020
Realife Tech
Virgo Investment Group
Yes
Series A - Realife Tech
$7.2M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Jesse Watson is the Founding Partner & Chief Investment Officer at Virgo Investment Group.
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