Jean-Pierre (JP) Conte is a financial executive, philanthropist, and policy advocate. He is the founder and managing partner of Lupine Crest Capital, his family office. Lupine Crest Capital was established in 2025 to invest across private equity, venture capital, and real estate, with a focus on healthcare, industrial technology, financial services, and software.
Jean-Pierre has more than three decades of private equity and investment experience. He has helped lead a San Francisco-based firm and grow assets under management at the firm to approximately $51 billion. He began his career at Chase Manhattan Bank, working in debt restructuring and financial analysis.
Jean-Pierre established the J-P Conte Family Foundation to support initiatives including those in education, healthcare, and environmental conservation. He also created the Conte First Generation Fund, which provides support to students at several major universities. Conte also supports various organizations that help prepare students for higher education. Jean-Pierre founded the J-P Conte Initiative on Immigration at...Jean-Pierre (JP) Conte is a financial executive, philanthropist, and policy advocate. He is the founder and managing partner of Lupine Crest Capital, his family office. Lupine Crest Capital was established in 2025 to invest across private equity, venture capital, and real estate, with a focus on healthcare, industrial technology, financial services, and software.
Jean-Pierre has more than three decades of private equity and investment experience. He has helped lead a San Francisco-based firm and grow assets under management at the firm to approximately $51 billion. He began his career at Chase Manhattan Bank, working in debt restructuring and financial analysis.
Jean-Pierre established the J-P Conte Family Foundation to support initiatives including those in education, healthcare, and environmental conservation. He also created the Conte First Generation Fund, which provides support to students at several major universities. Conte also supports various organizations that help prepare students for higher education. Jean-Pierre founded the J-P Conte Initiative on Immigration at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
In addition, Jean-Pierre’s giving has included $25 million to Colgate University for a new campus social center and $5 million to UCSF for expanded research into Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions.
He currently serves on the boards of the following organizations and institutions: 10,000 Degrees, SEO Scholars, The Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Colgate University, University of California San Francisco Foundation, and the Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Foundation.
He also serves as a director of ConnectiveRx, Signant Health, OCHO, and Chariot & Castle Seguros.
Jean-Pierre graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics from Colgate University in 1985 and received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School in 1989.READ MOREVIEW LESS
Lupine Crest Capital is JP Conte's family office and investment firm with a focus on deploying capital and investing across private equity, venture capital, and real estate sectors.
Genstar Capital is a private equity business that partners with outstanding leaders to accelerate growth and drive lasting change, bringing capital, sector expertise, and a belief that how you build something matters as much as what you build.
Chase Manhattan Bank
Debt Restructuring Officer & Financial Analyst
1985
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1987
New York, NY, USA
Jean-Pierre was a member of a restructuring team at Chase Manhattan Bank, dealing with large private-sector and sovereign foreign debt exposures, including the governments of Mexico, Argentina and Ecuador.
The University of California, San Francisco Foundation, through its volunteer Board of Directors, supports UCSF’s central mission of advancing health worldwide by raising funds for the university.
The Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace provides oversight of the Institution's strategic direction and financial health, while supporting the preservation of its institutional independence within the framework of Stanford University.
SEO Scholars is a free, eight-year academic program, offered by the nonprofit Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), based in New York. It supports motivated, low-income public high school students in the US, getting them to and through college.
Signant Health is a global healthcare technology company that modernizes and digitizes clinical trials for research organizations and pharmaceutical sponsors.
Founded by Jean-Pierre Conte, the J-P Conte Family Foundation supports initiatives across educational equity, immigration reform, neuroscience research, conservation, and more.
The JP Conte Family Foundation has donated $5 million to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), to support neurology research focused on Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. The gift will endow two professorships in the Department of Neurology.
Jean-Pierre Conte's $25 million gift to Colgate University was part of a $105 million combined alumni gift package to fund the university's West Campus initiative, with Conte's contribution going towards a new social center that hosts events and campus activities.
JP Conte shares his thoughts on how to remain optimistic during downturns: by focusing on controllable actions, maintaining long-term conviction, investing in resilient teams, and taking decisive steps. His approach reflects how “resilient optimism” sustains performance during challenging times in business.
Jean-Pierre applies the long-term approach used in his investment career to philanthropy, focusing on creating permanent infrastructure rather than temporary fixes.
Jean-Pierre Conte was named in the 2026 Hall of Fame class by Christian Brothers Academy and the CBA Alumni Association at Jumping Brook Country Club. He was acknowledged for his impact on CBA and the community.
