Jake LaJoie

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Biography

Mr. Jake LaJoie is a Co-Founder and serves as a Managing Member at Sileo Capital. He was a co-founder and Managing Member of Corlex Capital from 2016 to 2019, an independent financial sponsor, where he had responsibilities for sourcing transactions, deal execution, and post-acquisition management of portfolio companies. Prior to co-founding Corlex, he was a Managing Director at Panton Equity Partners, a private equity firm based in Atlanta, Georgia where he served as a Board Member for Panton Equity Partners' portfolio company, Track Utilities, LLC. Before returning to private equity, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Shakey's USA, a private equity-backed restaurant operation with $85 million in system-wide sales and 650 employees. His primary responsibilities included budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis, financial accounting, management of business metrics reporting, information technology, procurement & purchasing, tax, treasury, insurance, M&A, and all general accounting functions. Prior to joining Shakey's, he was a private equity professional with Argonne Capital Group and Roark Capital Group, where he sourced, executed, and managed investments totaling over $200 million. Before his move to private equity, he spent four years with Banc of America Securities in the Global Corporate and Investment Banking Group. He began his career as a credit analyst with NationsBank. He has a unique combination of private equity, investment banking, corporate finance, and operations experience. Over the course of his career, he has completed 16 principal investments totaling $480 million of equity and more than $15 billion of M&A and corporate finance transactions. He holds a BSc. in Finance from the University of Florida, cum laude.