Jason Maynard was born on November 3, 1971 at Glens Falls Hospital. He was the first of two sons born to Mark Maynard and Deborah Caruso (Maynard).
He is a 1989 graduate of Hudson Fall Senior High. He was active on the baseball and soccer teams at HFSH and was also involved in student government, the school band, and many other clubs and activities.
He went on to receive his A.B. in International Studies-Asia from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York in 1993.
Jason started his career with Citicorp International in 1993 in New York City. He obtained his CPA and was a junior analyst in the US corporate bond trading department. In 1994, Jason switched to emerging markets and in 1996, he relocated to Hong Kong with Citicorp.
In 1999, he was hired by Goldman Sachs as a senior analyst in their prestigious Asian Special Situations Group (ASSG) – which was set up to opportunistically invest in Asia when values plunged in 1997 1998. This group ran the biggest hedge fund in Asia at that time.
After a successful start with Goldman, Jason found himself running the business of the group outside of Japan at the tender age of 27. From 1999-2006, ASSG was one of the most successful groups in Asian investing – largely focused on distressed debt and other troubled situations. He became a Managing Director in 2004 and a Goldman Sachs Partner in 2005. Jason is the director of numerous public and private companies in the Asian region.
Jason is married to Brazilian national Gleise Mara Manera Maynard and they, with their daughter Luana, reside in Malibu, California.