Jake joined The Partners Group in 2005, having worked with a local insurance-financial services agency as the director of finance. He graduated from Eastern Oregon University with a degree in business/economics and from Portland State University with an MBA in finance. At TPG, Jake enjoys working with a team that shares a common objective of achieving superb results, while continuing to improve collectively and as individuals. He values being part of a growing business and believes it presents an exciting opportunity to be part of company that strives to make a positive difference for its employees, customers, and community. He was raised in Boise, ID, and lives with his family in Beaverton, OR. When not at work, Jake enjoys coaching high school basketball, outdoor activities, and fly fishing.

We talked with him about his two decades here with The Partners Group.

What’s the one work accomplishment at TPG that you’re most proud of?
Helping to architect our Perpetuation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan strategies to ensure ownership is broadly distributed and everyone has the opportunity be an owner.

What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned?
The importance of a defined company culture that is reinforced and cultivated through deliberate actions and investments of time and money. It is what binds people together to achieve results that have purpose and meaning beyond result itself.

If you weren’t at TPG, what would your dream job be?
This is a tough one. The grass seems greener, but rarely is. Some days, it’s coaching college basketball, some days it’s being a rancher, other days it could be working as an investment banker/economist. I could go in a lot of directions with this question!

What’s the TPG core value that currently resonates most strongly with you? (Play Well with Others, Own It, Be a Champion, Have Fun and Live Well, Be Curious)
Own it. If we think about it fully and in a different way, it also includes what we say “no” to. Getting back to my interest in economics, the first law of economics is scarcity. Owning it means really knowing what I can’t say yes to and should say no to. We only have so much time and resources; we must own making tough decisions with respect to the things we should say no to or not now. It doesn’t come naturally to me and TPG at large, because we are curious and want to win!

What’s one word you’d use to describe your past 20 years at TPG?
Growth.

Anything else to add?
It’s been an adventurous 20 years. I hope future TPGers can say the same thing, for many years to come, as they look back at their 20 years with TPG.

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Jake, thanks for your dedication to our work – congratulations from all your friends and colleagues at TPG!