- 1. Career
FRIEDMAN
Brian
President of the Jefferies Capital Partners
Organization: Jefferies Capital Partners
Profession: President
Biography
Brian Friedman is President of Jefferies Capital Partners, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Jefferies and President and member of the Board of Directors of Leucadia National Corporation.
Career
Brian founded the predecessor to Jefferies Capital Partners, Furman Selz Investments, in 1994. Brian had joined Furman Selz LLC’s Investment Banking
Division at its inception in 1984 and was Head of the Division from 1987 through 1994.
Brian served as a member of Furman Selz LLC’s Board of Directors, and Management and Operating Committees. Brian previously was an attorney with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz.
Brian received both a B.S. summa cum laude and an M.S. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law. Brian is a C.P.A. and a member of the bar of the State of New York.
Brian serves on the board of directors for E-P Gas, Fiesta Restaurant Group and Patara Oil & Gas.