Jason Ackerman

Jason Ackerman "has been Director of Equity Marketing Inc. since September 2001. Mr. Ackerman has also been a Managing Director of Crown Capital Group since 1997. Prior to joining Crown Capital Group, he was a Senior Vice President in the Corporate Finance Department of Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette ('DLJ'), in the Los Angeles office. At DLJ, he specialized in high yield financings and financial restructurings for corporate clients, primarily in the supermarket and specialty ... retail industries. Before joining DLJ in 1990, he served one year at Drexel Burnham Lambert as a financial analyst in the Corporate Finance Department. Mr. Ackerman received his Bachelor's degree from Boston University."

"His uncle, financier Peter Ackerman, had achieved fame and fortune as junk bond king Michael Milken's right-hand man prior to his downfall. The younger Mr. Ackerman wished to emulate his uncle's success. He made good on his promise, going on to spend eight years at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, where he rose to vice president in charge of supermarket mergers. That experience became invaluable at Mr. Ackerman's next career turn, when in 1999 he turned entrepreneur and co-founded FreshDirect."

• Former Director (2002), EMAK Worldwide