Jason
Reid
EVP, Chief Investment Officer
Jason leverages substantial experience in technology and media investment in his capacity as Chief Investment Officer at the Stagwell Group.
Prior to joining Stagwell, Jason served as a Senior Strategy Manager at Microsoft, evaluating areas of investment across the company. Jason reviewed secular trends affecting Microsoft, directed the company’s assets to address opportunities, and selectively managed priority initiatives of the strategy group.
Previously Jason spent nearly a decade as a senior investment professional at hedge funds in New York and Los Angeles, including SAC Capital and Intrepid Capital. Jason invested across the technology, media, and telecom sectors, with a focus on internet & new media.
Jason also has expertise in event-driven & special situation transactions, having served as an analyst at Empyrean capital. Jason began his career in the mergers & acquisitions department of Morgan Stanley, executing deals in the industrial & technology sectors.
Jason graduated cum laude from Georgetown University with a degree in Finance and International Business.