Jay Desai
Partner
Jay is a partner of the firm and has over 15 years of principal investing, investment banking, and strategy experience in the food and consumer products sector. He joined the firm as a managing director in 2016 to lead the firm’s business development efforts.
Prior to joining Kainos Capital, Jay was most recently the senior vice president of strategy at CROSSMARK, a leading sales and marketing services company focused on the consumer industry. Prior to joining CROSSMARK, Jay was a director in the Mergers & Acquisitions department at Deutsche Bank Securities where he concentrated on consumer opportunities. He also managed the acquisition function for Global Brands Acquisition Corporation, a consumer/retail-focused investment company. Jay began his career at Merrill Lynch before joining Andrew Rosen and other members of the Kainos team at Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst as an investment associate from 2005 to 2008.
He received his B.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University. Jay actively supports the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center and Vogel Alcove.