About Bob Jesenik
Drawing on over three decades of experience in investment management and corporate finance, Bob Jesenik serves as chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Aequitas Capital, a Lake Oswego, Oregon-based alternative asset management firm. Among his previous experience, he directed business operations for more than 10 years as a chief financial officer and vice president of finance for distribution and technology firms. Bob Jesenik also performed commercial lending for U.S. Bancorp earlier in his career.
Since cofounding Aequitas in 1993, Bob Jesenik has played a key role in structuring and investing most of the firm’s $2.12 billion in total transactions. Along with heading the Investment Committee as chief investment officer, he supervises Aequitas’ private credit and specialty finance. Since 2003, he has worked with healthcare specialists in designing and growing Aequitas’ healthcare business opportunities, including CarePayment®. For more than 15 years, Robert Jesenik has also contributed to the boards of directors for several Aequitas portfolio companies.
Robert Jesenik earned a BS in accounting from the University of Oregon before completing an MBA at the University of Portland. He remains involved with his alma mater as a member of the Advisory Board for the University of Oregon Lundquist School of Business. He also supported members of the greater Oregon community living with disabilities, by serving on the board of directors for Special Olympics Oregon.
Since cofounding Aequitas in 1993, Bob Jesenik has played a key role in structuring and investing most of the firm’s $2.12 billion in total transactions. Along with heading the Investment Committee as chief investment officer, he supervises Aequitas’ private credit and specialty finance. Since 2003, he has worked with healthcare specialists in designing and growing Aequitas’ healthcare business opportunities, including CarePayment®. For more than 15 years, Robert Jesenik has also contributed to the boards of directors for several Aequitas portfolio companies.
Robert Jesenik earned a BS in accounting from the University of Oregon before completing an MBA at the University of Portland. He remains involved with his alma mater as a member of the Advisory Board for the University of Oregon Lundquist School of Business. He also supported members of the greater Oregon community living with disabilities, by serving on the board of directors for Special Olympics Oregon.