Active Members
Jay R. Bloom, BS '77, MBA '78
Mr. Bloom is a Co-Portfolio Manager of Trian Credit Partners, L.P. and a Managing Partner of Trimaran Capital Partners, L.L.C. In addition, he is a member of the Investment Committee of Trimaran Advisors, L.L.C. Prior to co-founding Trimaran Capital Partners, Mr. Bloom was a vice chairman of CIBC World Markets Corp. and co-head of the CIBC Argosy Merchant Banking Funds. Prior to joining CIBC World Markets Corp. in 1995, Mr. Bloom was a founder and Managing Director of The Argosy Group L.P. Before Argosy, Mr. Bloom was a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated, and prior to that, he worked at Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb Incorporated. In addition, Mr. Bloom practiced law with Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison. Mr. Bloom currently serves on the Board of Directors of Educational Services of America, Inc., El Pollo Loco, Inc., Norcraft Companies, L.P., PrimeCo Wireless Communications LLC and Standard Steel, LLC. Mr. Bloom currently serves as a member of the Cornell University Council, the Cornell University Undergraduate Business Program Advisory Council and the Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management Advisory Council.
Mr. Bloom received his B.S. and M.B.A. from Cornell University, graduating summa cum laude, and his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a member of the Board of Editors of the Columbia Law Review.
