G. Jacob (Jake) Savage III
Experience
As the Co-Head of Equity Investment Banking, Mr. Savage co-manages the Equity Investment Banking group consisting of approximately 60 investment bankers and 12 support personnel. Moreover, for 20 years, the first ten with Scott & Stringfellow, Mr. Savage has acted as a full-time investment banker and currently is head of the Financial Services Group which advises Banks and Thrifts, Business Development Companies and other specialty finance companies on financial, capital, and strategic issues. Mr. Savage’s extensive experience in well over 150 completed capital raising and merger transactions brings his clients and protégées a unique skill set from which to execute transactions and teach, respectively.
Education
Mr. Savage graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. After three years with Bankers Trust Company in New York, N.Y., Mr. Savage became a Registered Pharmacist and worked as a Consultant Pharmacist until joining Investment Corporation of Virginia in Norfolk, VA which was subsequently purchased by Scott & Stringfellow, LLC. Mr. Savage passed the Chartered Financial Analyst in 1994.