Jonathan Nelson: The Future of Media
May 5, 2021 12:30 PM
Speaker(s)
Jonathan Nelson
Executive Chairman & Founder, Providence Equity
Moderator(s)
Mo Lidsky
Principal & Chief Executive Officer, Prime Quadrant
Biography
Mr. Nelson is executive chairman and founder of Providence Equity Partners, the world’s leading private equity firm focused on media, communications, education and information investments.
Mr. Nelson has been a private equity investor for 38 years. He founded Providence in 1989. Previously, he was a managing director of Narragansett Capital, Inc. which he joined in 1983. At Narragansett Capital, Mr. Nelson specialized in private equity investments in media. Mr. Nelson received a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School in 1983 and a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in 1977. He is a trustee of Brown University, The Rockefeller University and Institute for Advanced Study. He is a member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard Business School.
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