Senior Management
With over 45 years of collective experience, our team brings together the art of investing with the science of finance in order to achieve market leading investment results.
Managing Partner
Samuel
Jesselson
Samuel Jesselson has over 18 years of experience in Real Estate investing and investment banking. His main responsibilities include overseeing origination, asset management and investor relations. Prior to founding JWCM, Mr. Jesselson was an investment professional at C-III Capital Partners and its parent, Island Capital Group. At Island, he was intimately involved with Island Capital Group’s acquisition of Centerline’s debt fund management and servicing business for $110 million. Additionally, at C-III, Mr. Jesselson executed in excess of $1.0 billion of transactions across various asset classes. Prior to C-III and Island, Mr. Jesselson was an investment banker with Lehman Brothers where he focused on M&A transactions in the Healthcare sector.
Mr. Jesselson graduated from the University of Pennsylvania where he received a B.A. in History and from Oxford University where he received a M.B.A. He is an active member of YPO’s (Young Presidents’ Organization) New York Liberty Chapter. Additionally, Mr. Jesselson is active in a number of not-for-profit organizations, including NYC CERT (New York City Community Emergency Response Team).
Managing Partner
Jason Warsavsky
Jason Warsavsky has over 18 years of investment banking and private equity experience. Most recently, Mr. Warsavsky was a Vice President at Pegasus Capital Advisors where he oversaw investments in the Real Estate and Lodging industries. Previously, Mr. Warsavsky was an investment banker at Moelis & Company where he executed over $15 billion of transactions in the Real Estate, Gaming and Lodging sectors. Prior to Moelis & Company, Mr. Warsavsky was an investment professional in the Real Estate Private Equity Group at Lehman Brothers where he focused on equity and debt investments across various asset classes.
Mr. Warsavsky graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he received a B.S. in Economics with concentrations in Real Estate and Finance. Additionally, in 2006, Mr. Warsavsky received the Herbert Z. Gold prize at Wharton for demonstrating excellence in Real Estate analysis.
Managing Director
Jason
Wasserman
Jason Wasserman has over 19 years of commercial real estate experience, focusing on asset management, finance, and leasing. Most recently, Mr. Wasserman was the Senior Director of Asset Management at Atlas Capital Group, where he oversaw the asset management and leasing of their New York City portfolio. Prior to Atlas, Mr. Wasserman was a First Vice President of Asset Management at RXR. At RXR, he oversaw over $5 billion of assets and executed over $10 billion of transactions across various sectors.
Mr. Wasserman received both his M.B.A and B.S. in Finance from New York University's Stern School of Business, with a focus in Real Estate. He remains active within the Stern Real Estate community, and has returned to Stern on several occasions to speak to students about his professional experience.
