A British banker and investor he is a partner and head of Merchant Banking at Alvarium Investments. With Brent Hoberman, Goodwin also co-founded Founders Forum, a network of digital entrepreneurs, corporate CEOs, and senior investors.
He has advised on more than 200 media deals, together worth over $20 billion. Recent M&A advisory projects include News Corps’ £220m purchase of Wireless Group plc. He was appointed an OBE in 2018 for services to the economy.
Jonathan currently working at his merchant bank J Goodwin & Co, focused on being Europe’s leading growth partner in technology, media, and creative industries.
Before the founding of J Goodwin & Co, Jonnie was a Partner and Head of Merchant Banking at Alvarium Tiedemann AlTi. In 2011 he founded Lepe Partners, an independent merchant bank focused on the media, internet, and consumer sectors, which merged with Alvarium in 2019 and then merged with Tiedemann in January 2023.
Prior to founding Lepe, Jonnie was Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of LongAcre Partners, Europe’s leading mid-market media corporate finance house, which he sold to Jefferies in 2007.
In 2005, Jonnie co-founded the Founders Forum, a network for digital entrepreneurs, corporate CEOs, and senior investors. The Forum has 1500 members and has become known as a Europe-based equivalent of Sun Valley, the Allen & Co retreat for media executives in the US.
Jonnie is also President Emeritus of Founders Pledge, a program to encourage UK entrepreneurs to donate part of exit proceeds to charitable causes, and a member of the advisory board for the Tech City Future Fifty. Jonnie is an angel investor and in 2009 he co-founded PROfounders Capital.
Jonathan studied at the University of Nottingham, has been recognized by The Financial Times as “…one of London’s best-connected TMT dealmakers.” He was also featured in GQ Magazine’s 100 Most Connected Men in 2014.
