Josh Jacobson

Chief Operating Officer and Researcher

Josh Jacobson is an accomplished professional with a background in economics. He studied for a Bachelor's degree in Economics at Arizona State University. With a robust track record in finance, Josh has served in key leadership roles at reputable organizations. Currently, he holds the position of Partner and Chief Operating Officer (COO) in Equities at Cheyne Capital Management. Prior to this role, he was a Partner at Salomon Partners Limited, where he showcased his expertise in the financial sector. Josh has also held Partner and Portfolio Manager positions at Trafalgar Capital Management and Cheyne Capital, demonstrating his versatility and skill in managing investments. Additionally, he has served as a Director at Salomon Brothers, further enriching his professional portfolio.

Highlights

Jul 21 · citywireselector.com

The undiscussed arms race to improve fund manager performance - citywireselector.com

Jul 6 · citywireselector.com

'It's probably the way forward… but a lot of PMs would get found out' - citywireselector.com

Experience

Chief Operating Officer at Future of Life Foundation (FLF) (August 2023 - Present)

Interim Operations Lead (Evals) at Alignment Research Center (September 2022 - August 2023), Interim Chief Operations Officer at FAR AI (September 2022 - January 2023), Member Of Technical Staff at Anthropic (2022), Derisking Researcher at Derisked (March 2021 - 2022), Project Lead - EpidemicForecasting.org (EpiFor) at Future of Humanity Institute (Oxford University) (2020), Data Scientist at Innovations for Poverty Action (2017 - 2018), Consultant at World Bank Group (2016 - 2017), Senior Statistical Machine Learning Fellow at SocialCops (2016), Director of Market Research at The Centre for Effective Altruism (2015), Mentor at Startupbootcamp (2013 - 2015), Founder, CEO, Front-End Developer at ItsPlatonic (2011 - 2015), Brand Management Intern at PepsiCo (2008), Legislative Intern at Congressman Ed Perlmutter (2007 - 2008)