Jamie McGurk
General Partner at BAM Elevate
Jamie McGurk
General Partner at BAM Elevate
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2021 - Current
Jamie McGurk is a General Partner at BAM Elevate, the private investment division of Balyasny Asset Management L.P., a global multi-strategy investment firm. BAM Elevate invests in breakout companies in transformational industries poised to compound long-term value. We provide our private portfolio companies with capital, in addition to access to BAM's unique global platform to help Elevate their team, performance, and capabilities
Advisory Board Member
2022
Managing Partner - Private Investments
2019 - 2021
Operating Partner
2012 - 2019
Formed, built and managed the Corporate Development operating team of 10 partners. Over 7+ year tenure, assisted portfolio companies in raising $20 billion in equity and $2 billion in debt capital, $23 billion in M&A transaction value and $12 billion in gross IPO proceeds raised in 437 closed transactions.
Director, Investment Banking
2010 - 2012
M&A, capital markets and private placements for growth companies in the communications technology and enterprise storage and compute sectors.
Director - Communications Technology & Digital Media Investment Banking
2005 - 2010
M&A, capital markets and private placements for growth companies in the media and communications industries.
Associate, Global Telecom Investment Banking
2004 - 2005
M&A and capital markets for large-cap telecom companies globally.
Associate
2000 - 2002
Boutique VC fund founded by three successful entrepreneurs. Focus primarily on early-stage investments in the technology, media and communications sectors.
Debt Capital Markets
1997 - 2000
Fixed Income Division - experience in range of corporate and government agency issuer debt.