Blair Jacobson
The Orchestrator
Scaling people and moving parts into one working whole.
Blair Jacobson presents as a quintessential Orchestrator, coordinating vast, interlocking systems of capital, people, and geography to generate durable yield-oriented outcomes. Throughout the interview, Jacobson repeatedly returns to the logic of local presence, diversification, and institutional discipline as the connective tissue holding Ares together across 700 European staff, 15 sports leagues, and a 30 billion euro European fund.
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“So this writer wrote a book called Quint, a first-person autobiographical novel from his perspective. And it is a fantastic read, not only do you learn the background of this character, He takes you through what happened on the USS Indianapolis.”
“Average margins 20, 25%. Importantly, they're in sectors, in industries with good tailwinds, things like healthcare, business services, telecommunication software, really good businesses. And from that perspective, again, we've been with these companies for a very, very long time. We're not super worried about zombie companies.”
“But of course, as somebody like myself who doesn't understand this ecosystem, so I'm going to need your help is that it's one thing investing in a US locked league where there's no promotion and relegation is quite another in Europe where you can be in the Champions League one week and out the next year.”
Money Maze Podcast: “Yield, Shield, and Scale: Inside the Ares Management Playbook (With Blair Jacobson, Co-President)”
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