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Jason Ader
Co-Group Head–Technology, Media, and Communications
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About Jason
Jason Ader, CFA, partner, co-group head of the technology, media, and communications sector, focuses on infrastructure software. He joined William Blair in September 2008 after serving as a managing director at Thomas Weisel Partners, LLC for more than eight years and as a research analyst at H.C. Wainwright & Co. for three years. Before joining the financial services industry, he worked for three years at the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C., where his tasks included speechwriting and establishing the embassy's first internet-based communications and outreach programs. Jason holds a B.A. in comparative religion from Duke University and an M.A. in international relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
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