Ed St. Geme
Founder & Managing Partner
Ed and Jupiter operate with a strong value-oriented approach and have been influenced by the philosophy and writings of Warren Buffett. As such, Jupiter spends its time seeking investment opportunities with asymmetric risk profiles in which downside risks are limited, and yet meaningful upside and high absolute returns are likely.
Historically, Jupiter has navigated the overlapping disciplines of real estate, private equity and marketable securities to identify attractive opportunities, including distressed/non-performing loan acquisitions, bankruptcies and other special situations. Jupiter’s long-term limited partners include two premier $30 billion hedge funds.
Prior to founding Jupiter in 1997, Ed was engaged in real estate investment and finance beginning in 1986. Initially with Security Pacific Corporation and later with Trowbridge, Kieselhorst & Co. (since merged into NorthMarq) in San Francisco, Ed identified, structured, negotiated and completed more than $1 billion of real estate investments and financings spanning an array of property types including office, R&D, industrial, retail, hotels, apartments and land.
Since 2017 and 2018 respectively, Ed has been Co-Chairman and principal shareholder of Mountain Mike’s Pizza and Juice It Up!, two brands which total more than 400 store locations and nearly $400mm in system sales.
Ed received a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University, where he was also a 4-year letterman on the football team.