Jesse Jantzen

Jesse Jantzen (born February 5, 1982) is the founder of Skylar James Capital, a multi-strategy family office. Previously Jantzen was a portfolio manager at Clearview Capital Management and held positions at Perella Weinberg Partners and W Holding Company LLC and as an assistant coach for Harvard University.

Jantzen received an A.B from Harvard University in 2004. He was a three-time All-American and 2004 National Champion and Outstanding Wrestler award winner. In 2005 Jantzen won a World Championship at the University World Games in Izmir, Turkey in Freestyle wrestling at 66 kg. Jantzen participated in the Real Pro Wrestling league representing the New York Outrage. Jantzen is a member of the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame, EIWA Conference Hall of Fame and Suffolk County Hall of fame.

Jantzen has had involvement with several Film/TV projects (Foxcatcher, Dixieland, The Knick, Team Foxcatcher) as an actor, producer, financier and stunt coordinator. Movie critic Justin Chang described Jantzen’s choreographed wrestling scenes for Foxcatcher as “superbly convincing”.

Jantzen lives and works in downtown Manhattan. Corey worked with Jantzen on both Foxcatcher and Dixieland, where he had credited roles in each film.