Jacob Berman

Jacob Berman is an investor at Blackstone, where they have been since 2022 and currently hold the position of Senior Associate. They also serve as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, a role they began in 2025. Prior to their current endeavors, Jacob worked as a Venture Debt Summer Analyst at Viola Credit in 2018 and participated in FinTech investment banking at Barclays from 2019 to 2022. As an accomplished international chess player, they achieved notable rankings, including #1 in South Africa and #3 in America for their age, and represented South Africa in several prestigious competitions between 2012 and 2017. Jacob graduated from Princeton University in 2020 with an A.B. in Economics and certificates in Finance and Political Economy.