Jon Chait

Jon Chait is an experienced investor and company-builder specializing in high-growth ventures and market-leading innovators.2 He has been a Partner at In-Q-Tel, a strategic venture capital investor, since September 2022.2 In-Q-Tel focuses on bridging the gap between challenging technology needs of national interest and the evolving landscape of startups and tech innovation.2

Chait's career spans various leadership roles:

1. General Partner at Dace Ventures since June 2007, investing in seed and early-stage growth opportunities in internet-related innovations.2
2. Partner at Mount Independence Investments, a family office multi-strategy fund.2
3. Managing Partner at Belay Ventures, advising CEOs, entrepreneurs, and investors.2
4. Chairman and CEO of Hudson Global, Inc. from 2002 to 2013, where he led a successful business turnaround.3
5. Chairman and CEO of Spring PLC from 2000 to 2002.3
6. CFO and Chairman/Managing Director EMEA at Manpower from 1989 to 1998.3

Chait holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a JD from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).1 He has also served as a lecturer at the University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business & Economics, teaching courses in Corporate Finance, Investments, and Mergers & Acquisitions.3