Jonathan Sokoloff

Managing Partner, Leonard Green & Partners

Jonathan Sokoloff joined Leonard Green & Partners, one of the nation’s leading private equity firms, in 1990 and has invested in more than 80 companies. Previously, Sokoloff was a managing director in corporate finance at Drexel Burnham Lambert, which he joined in 1985. Prior to Drexel, Sokoloff was a principal of Hambrecht & Quist, and prior to that, he was with Woodman Kirkpatrick & Gilbreath and Merrill Lynch & Co. Sokoloff serves on the boards of Advantage Solutions; the Container Store, Jo-Ann Stores, Shake Shack Inc., Pure, Signet Jewelers, Topshop/Topman Holdings Ltd., and Union Square Hospitality Group.