Jonathan Nelson
$3.4B
Born
May 18, 1956
Age
69
Source of Wealth
Private equity
Residence
Providence, Rhode Island
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Widowed, Remarried
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Brown University; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University
- Jonathan Nelson is the executive chairman of Providence Equity Partners, the private equity firm he founded in 1989. He was CEO until 2021.
- Providence has invested in more than 170 companies, many in the media, communications, education and information industries.
- The firm sold scuba-diving certification company PADI in 2017 for over $700 million, three times its initial investment.
- In 2021, Providence sextupled its 2007 investment of $300 million in video game developer ZeniMax Media, which Microsoft acquired for $7.5 billion.
- Nelson serves as a trustee of Rockefeller University and on the board of the Institute for Advanced Study.
- In college, Nelson worked for a commercial radio station where he broadcast the "Jazz After Hours" program.
- Nelson serves on the board of directors of the Newport Festival Foundation, which puts on the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals.
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