Jerome A. Chazen is the current Founder and Chairman of Chazen Capital Partners. He is also one of four founders of Liz Claiborne

Liz Claiborne

Anne Elisabeth Jane "Liz" Claiborne was a Belgian-born American fashion designer and entrepreneur. Claiborne is best known for founding Liz Claiborne Inc. which in 1986 became the first company founded by a woman to make the Fortune 500...

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Early life and career

Chazen received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison where he was a member of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity

Zeta Beta Tau

Zeta Beta Tau was founded in 1898 as the nation's first Jewish fraternity, although it is no longer sectarian. Today the merged Zeta Beta Tau Brotherhood is one of the largest, numbering over 140,000 initiated Brothers, and over 90 chapter locations.-Founding:The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity was...

 and an MBA from Columbia Business School

Columbia Business School

Columbia Business School is the business school of Columbia University in Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1916 to provide business training and professional preparation for undergraduate and graduate Columbia University students...

 in 1950. In 1976, he co founded Liz Claiborne Inc

Liz Claiborne

Anne Elisabeth Jane "Liz" Claiborne was a Belgian-born American fashion designer and entrepreneur. Claiborne is best known for founding Liz Claiborne Inc. which in 1986 became the first company founded by a woman to make the Fortune 500...

 with Liz Claiborne, Art Ortenberg, and Leonard Boxer. Chazen was initially in charge of direct marketing operations. When named Liz Claiborne retired from the company in 1989, Chazen was named Chairman of the company.

Philantropy

In 1991, Chazen donated $10 million to found The Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia Business School.