Prior to starting Simetra Operator Fund, Jake Chernansky held a variety of leadership roles at McMaster-Carr Supply Company, a leading distributor of industrial supplies. He was responsible for the company's Midwest marketing strategy as well as managing the performance of warehouse operations. He also led a project team that designed a new consolidated freight distribution center. 

 

Before McMaster-Carr, Jake worked in financials services for five years at Sanford C. Bernstein. He started his career in equity research sales before moving to investment banking, where he helped build out a new global capital markets platform.  

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Jake also started a residential window cleaning business, which he ran for two years while in college. This experience introduced him to entrepreneurship and fostered his desire to own and operate a larger company.

 

Jake has a B.S. in Economics from Penn State University.