John Jellinek
President and Founder in San Diego, CA
John Jellinek serves is the Founder and President of Jelco Ventures, Inc. - a private equity investment firm he founded in 1971. During the last thirty years, John has had a hand in over fifty private equity transactions. Of all these transaction, some of the more notable ones include Bell Sports Corporation, IMNET Systems, Inc., Apogent Technologies, Tapscotts, Inc., Labor Source LLC, Pelstar LLC and CourtLink.
From April 2005 to June 2011, John Jellinek has also been serving as the Chairman of Zenith Administrators Inc., a third party employee benefit plan administrator serving multi-employer, single employer and public employer benefit plans. In addition, John was the treasurer of the Aspen Valley Hospital Board of Trustees.
John Jellinek advises multiple companies, including Block Scientific, a laboratory equipment supplier out of New York, Syntron Bio Research Inc, a research, development and manufacturing company specializing in advanced vitro immunodiagnostic test systems, and Syntron Block Tox. Finally, John is an advisor and shareholder at Amara Health Analytics, a company providing predictive analytics that help clinicians detect diseases early.
John Jellinek is also the co-founder of the Entrepreneur Foundation at Miami University and has served as a co-trustee of the Miami University fund and its Business School Board. John Jellinek went to Miami University where he received his Bachelor of Science and also attended the University of Chicago, completing his Master of Business Administration.
John Jellinek used to be a competitive race car driver, having competed in Watkins Glen, Silverstone, Sebring, Road America and Le Mans. During his career John has had co-drivers, of which include – Yves Courage, Michel Dubois, Eddie Arundel, Alain De Cadenet, James Weaver, Tom Brennan, and Stefan Edlis. Some of the cars that he has raced are the Cougar, which he raced three times, and both the Porsche and Arundel only once. John has raced in the Can Am series as well as IMSA and the world endurance championship.