Firm

About Jackson Square Partners

We are an independent investment manager founded in 2014, with a history spanning more than four decades. We specialize in long-only, global growth-oriented equity investing with a unifying philosophy of concentrated, long-term investing focused on intrinsic business value growth.

Our strategies include Global Growth, Large-Cap Growth, SMID-Cap Growth, and Small-Cap Opportunities.

$3.5b

Total Assets

We manage $3.5 billion across separate accounts, mutual funds, private funds, and collective investment trusts for our global client base as of June 30, 2023.

Founded In

2014

Independent since 2014, our firm today represents an ongoing evolution of a team of like-minded investors with complementary skill sets who have forged a successful investment management practice on a foundation of resilience.

40+

History for Team and Strategy

Our philosophy and process have been tested over the course of multiple major market crises and challenges to global economies. We search for disruption that drives opportunity and growth.

Attributes Define How our Team Works

Our mission is to deliver superior long-term risk adjusted returns for clients. We rely on four defining attributes of our team to execute:

Our unifying investment philosophy

Our unwavering work ethic

Our collaborative culture

Our commitment to our clients

The name of our firm acknowledges San Francisco’s oldest commercial center as a key gateway for sailors, prospectors and entrepreneurs who sought their fortune here during the Gold Rush in the mid-1800s. The charming Jackson Square neighborhood also auspiciously survived the great earthquake and fire of 1906 that destroyed much of the city.

Opportunity and resilience are the dual attributes we actively seek in the holdings for our investment portfolios.

Employee Ownership

Our firm is majority owned by our employees and our partners invest alongside clients in our strategies—which creates clear alignment with the best interests of our clients.

Our clients, a global and diversified set of institutional investors and consultants, see us as partners in pursuit of attractive risk-adjusted returns. We are dedicated to their success.

From our office in San Francisco, we engage in a worldview that envisions equity investing as a gateway to global opportunities to construct differentiated portfolios.

Timeline

1980s-1990s

Genesis of the team that would become Jackson Square Partners arose at Transamerica

2000-2005

Formed Transamerica Investment Management

2005-2014

Joined Delaware Investments and operated autonomously within its boutique structure

2010

Delaware Investments bought by Macquarie Group

May 2014

Founded Jackson Square Partners

September 2016

Launched mutual funds

November 2020

With Affiliated Managers Group, purchased minority equity interest from Macquarie Group

Today

One team, one philosophy, one mission. Employee owned and controlled.

Our Culture

The culture of our firm is characterized by a collaborative environment in which every individual has a voice that is valued by all. The free sharing of ideas is the norm and open constructive debate is expected. With our flat structure, team-based portfolio management is encouraged and rewarded.

We believe that our impressive personnel retention proves the sustainability of the Jackson Square culture.

Our mission is to achieve superior long-term risk-adjusted returns for our clients.

Philanthropy

True to our belief that growing companies can have a positive impact on the world, Jackson Square Partners is a proud Pledge 1% member.

In addition to granting time to all employees to volunteer for the philanthropic causes of their choice, we have created the Jackson Square Partners Foundation to match employee donations and contribute 1% of partnership profits to support charities focusing on education, equality, and the health of our communities and planet.