Jack Joy

Executive In Residence

Mr. Joy is the former Vice President of Corporate Development at Ashland, where his significant transaction experience included: the IPO / spin-out of Valvoline ($5.3 billion transaction value); the acquisition of International Specialty Products ($3.2 billion transaction value) and Hercules ($3.4 billion transaction value); the sale of Ashland Water Technologies ($1.8 billion transaction value), composites business and butanediol facility in Marl, Germany ($1 billion transaction value) and distribution business ($1 billion transaction value). Prior to Ashland, he was a director at PepsiCo, where he led financial planning and analysis for a $9 billion division. Mr. Joy received his bachelor’s degree from Colgate University in Mathematical Economics and his master of management from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.