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Jack Levendoski

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Jack Levendoski has advised on over $300 billion in deal value at JPMorgan — and he's 35. As an Executive Director in the bank's M&A group, he's been on the deal teams for some of the most consequential technology transactions of the decade: Palo Alto Networks' $25 billion acquisition of CyberArk, Xero's $2.5 billion purchase of Melio, the $44 billion Twitter-Musk deal, Squarespace-Permira at $6.9 billion, and the WWE-UFC merger valued at approximately $21 billion. Levendoski's path to Wall Street defied the usual template. He grew up moving constantly — Louisiana, London, Nigeria, Indonesia, Australia — following his father's oil and gas career. That itinerant childhood gave him an ability to adapt quickly and appreciate different perspectives. He started his career not in banking but at Chevron as a facilities engineering project manager, supporting offshore oil and gas projects in the Gulf of Mexico. The pivot to JPMorgan came in 2016, and he rose through the ranks by combining technical aptitude with dealmaking instincts. He's been an early adopter of AI in M&A advisory, using it to get "quick answers to hard questions that perhaps before required significant research." He's also served as a staffer for JPMorgan's North America analyst and associate program, shaping the next generation of bankers. With 1,383 LinkedIn followers and no other public media presence, Levendoski is a classic under-the-radar operator: enormous deal volume, minimal personal brand. His Eagle Scout background and engineering roots make him something of an anomaly in the Ivy League-dominated world of bulge bracket M&A. He credits mentors who helped him early on, and has made it a priority to pay that forward to junior bankers. In a year when M&A activity has "felt extremely busy" after a choppy first half, Levendoski sits at the intersection of the two hottest themes in dealmaking: artificial intelligence and technology consolidation.

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