Jay Jackson is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Abacus Life (Nasdaq: ABL). He joined Abacus Settlements, LLC in 2016 as President & Chief Executive Officer and has also served as Chief Executive Officer of Longevity Market Assets, LLC since June of 2019.

His strategic business development and creation of innovative new processes and efficiencies has propelled Abacus forward. Mr. Jackson is an industry thought leader relating to longevity and senior finances; he co-authored the book “Pursuing Wealthspan.” Mr. Jackson also serves as a current member of the Orlando Mayor’s Committee on Livability and Healthy Aging and serves as an Executive Board Member for the Senior Resource Alliance, an agency of the Florida Department of Elder Affairs.

Mr. Jackson began his career at Franklin Templeton Investments, where he served as Vice President for more than a decade. Prior to joining Abacus, Mr. Jackson co-founded and managed the Fayerweather Street Life Fund, as well as the Cambridge Life Management origination platform for FDO Partners, a $3 billion quantitative investment firm founded by Harvard Business School Professor Ken Froot.

With over 20 years of experience in the financial services and life settlement industry, Jay has pioneered not only the life settlement and longevity industry as a whole, but has also formed multiple verticals within the ABL umbrella: ABL Tech, ABL Wealth, and ABL Longevity Growth & Income Fund.