Jim Jacoby, Jr. is a managing director at The Stephens Group, LLC. He emphasizes close working relationships with management teams, positioning him to provide advice and resources that assist our partners in achieving their goals.

Prior to joining The Stephens Group, he was a managing director and head of the Healthcare Investment Banking Group within the Corporate Finance department at Stephens Inc., where he served as a board member or had oversight of companies such as United Medical, Inc.; Vascular Solutions, Inc.; Neucoll, Inc.; and Precision Therapeutics, Inc. Before joining Stephens in 1994, he was a vice president in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Chemical Bank in its New York and London offices.

He has served as advisor on over $4 billion of mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions, and has helped identify a number of private equity investments in the healthcare sector. While many of his relationships have focused on earlier stage opportunities, later stage situations have also benefited from his experience in building sales teams, and his assistance in expanding a company's product or service offerings.

Mr. Jacoby received a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Notre Dame, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.