Jacob Fox is an Executive Director and Investment Specialist in the Chicago office of J.P. Morgan Private Bank. Jacob serves some of the most successful individuals and families in the Greater Midwest area, designing customized strategies that drive growth and legacy ambitions. He brings a comprehensive outlook to oversee complex balance sheets so that his clients may focus on their top priorities.Jacob views his role as an outsourced CIO to help navigate the uncertainty of financial choices—asset allocation, manager selection, short-term tactical trades and long-term thematic approaches. He serves as each client’s point person to the investment offerings of J.P. Morgan, leveraging the firm’s best thinking across all public and private asset classes. For family offices and experienced investors, he serves as an extension of their advisory team, consulting on high conviction ideas, private placements or to work through sophisticated challenges. His innate gift as a storyteller enables him to impart effective and personalized guidance that facilitate an open exchange of synergistic opportunities. With an award-winning career that spans nearly two decades, Jacob is highly skilled in traditional and alternative investments, discretionary portfolio management, held-away assets, hedging strategies and private equity. Most recently, he was a Director and the Head of Investment Sales with Deutsche Bank for the firm’s Central & West regions. Previously, Jacob spent many years in senior leadership roles with Northern Trust Wealth Management. He joined J.P. Morgan to couple the strength of his differentiated capabilities with the global financial resources of an industry leader.Jacob earned a B.S. in Finance from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. While in school, he interned with Morgan Stanley, which brought him to Chicago and ignited his passion for high-net-worth investment management.