Varagon Capital Partners
Jeff Schumacher has extensive experience in the financial industry, with their most recent role being Partner and Head of Capital Markets at Varagon Capital Partners since 2017. Before that, they worked at American Capital for 12 years as Managing Director and Group Head of Syndications. Jeff also held various positions at Royal Bank of Scotland, RBC, Heller Financial, TD, and NatWest Markets, where they gained valuable experience in capital markets, syndications, and vice president roles.
Jeff Schumacher earned a Bachelor's Degree in Finance and Banking from Hofstra University in 1988. Jeff later pursued a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Business Administration and Management, General from Fordham Gabelli School of Business, completing their degree by the year 2000.
Varagon Capital Partners
Varagon Capital Partners is an asset manager focused on direct lending to middle market companies. Varagon invests across the capital structure and offers flexible financing solutions to meet the needs of borrowers and private equity sponsors. Varagon manages vehicles on behalf of institutional investors that seek exposure to high-quality, directly-originated middle market loans. Varagon’s scale, experienced team, and capabilities allow the Firm to provide flexible capital solutions with increased certainty of close. The Varagon team leverages its deep experience to serve as a meaningful partner in financings, primarily serving borrowers with $10 million to $75 million of EBITDA. Launched in 2014, Varagon has made over $24.5 billion of financing commitments to more than 275 portfolio companies as of March 31, 2023. For more information about Varagon, please visit www.varagon.com.