Jason Galanis

Education

• University of California, Santa Barbara
• University of Oxford

Connections

4 connections

Industry

Financial Services

Jason Galanis’s Summary

A financer and a principal of Holmby Companies. Invested in financial technology companies and trademarked inventions since 1988. Most investments are primarily focused on start-up companies and high-risk turnaround situations with financing or capital structure challenges.

He began acquiring delinquent loans from banks while in college and developed a unique credit-scoring algorithm used to apply a credit ranking and “collectibility” index to non-performing debt. He co-founded Triage Information Systems, a nationwide buyer of consumer debt, with which he closed 31 transactions representing over $2 billion in loans.

In 1997 Galanis was principal of Vianden Capital Management, L.L.C., the investment advisor to Thesseus International Asset Fund. He was a managing director of KnightVianden, Oxford, UK - a financial services company - which he co-founded in October 1998.

In 2002, Galanis acquired certain licensing rights for the Internet to registered trademarks owned by General Media, the company founded by Robert Guccione in 1965. Galanis and Guccione reached agreement to acquire the rights to the Penthouse brand for use on the Internet.

In October 2002, Galanis’ company acquired 99.5% of General Media. Galanis was the first outside equity shareholder of Penthouse since its founding, and he continued to invest in Penthouse through 2003.

In 2004, Galanis organized the purchase of Bob Guccione’s Manhattan mansion, built in 1920 for Jeremiah Milbank. Guccione bought and restored it in 1975.

Jason Galanis’s Education

• University of California, Santa Barbara

  BA , History

• University of Oxford

  Advanced Management Programme