Jesse Jantzen (born February 5, 1982) is the founder of Skylar James Capital, a multi-strategy family office. Previously Jantzen was a portfolio manager at Clearview Capital Management and held positions at

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and W Holding Company LLC and as an assistant coach for

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. Jantzen currently sits on the board of the fetal center for the

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(CHOP) and the Beat the Streets (BTS) organization. He is also a former

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and folkstyle wrestler. Jesse received an A.B from

in 2004. He was a three-time All-American and 2004 National Champion and Outstanding Wrestler award winner. In 2005 Jesse won a World Championship at the University World Games in Izmir, Turkey in

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at 66 kg. Jesse participated in the

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league representing the New York Outrage. He is the most decorated

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Wrestler in history and was a 2004 Bingham Award winner for Harvard’s best athlete. Some detractors suggested that because of his reliance on mat wrestling, he would not fare well in freestyle, which focuses on takedowns. Jantzen developed a series of moves on top known as the “Jantzen Ride.” Career record at Harvard 132-13, 3-time All-American (1st, 3rd, 3rd). Jesse competed in the 2008 Olympic Trials but fell short of his goal of making the Beijing Olympics. Jesse is a member of the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame, EIWA Conference Hall of Fame and Suffolk County Hall of fame. Jesse has had involvement with several Film/TV projects (''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Team Foxcatcher'') as an actor, producer, financier and stunt coordinator. He was acknowledged in

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for his work in ''

''. Movie critic,

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, applauded Jantzen’s choreographed wrestling scenes as “superbly convincing”. He was a graduate of Shoreham Wading River High School. He was the first 4x State Champion and 6x state place winner in New York State wrestling history. He was a 3x High School

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n and 2x National Champion/Outstanding Wrestler award winner. In 2000, he was the Asics High School Wrestler of the Year and was named the Junior Hodge Trophy winner the same year. Jesse was inducted into the

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in the Wrestling Category with the Class of 2011. Jesse lives and works in downtown

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. Jantzen is one of five children. His younger brother,

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, was also an accomplished wrestler for

and Shoreham Wading River High School.

worked with Jesse on both ''

'' and ''

'', where he had credited roles in each film.

References

External links

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6115419/ https://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/cannes-film-review-foxcatcher-1201185646/ http://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/2011/08/17871/greatest-athlete-4-new-york-had-never-seen-a-wrestler-like-jantzen/ https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/6/10/end-of-an-era-jesse-jantzen/ http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wrest/history/jantzen http://harvardmagazine.com/2004/03/maestro-of-the-mat.html http://btsny.org/about/board-of-trustees/jesse-jantzen http://eiwawrestling.org/HOF/Hall_of_Fame/jantzen-jesse?view=bio http://www.businessinsider.com.au/athletes-on-wall-street-2013-3 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hank-bedford-s-dixieland-acquired-843330 {{DEFAULTSORT:Jantzen, Jesse Living people American male sport wrestlers Harvard Crimson wrestlers American film producers 1982 births Universiade medalists in wrestling FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade