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Our philosophy is rooted in the belief that, over time, stock prices will reflect the earnings power and growth of the underlying businesses.

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Our newest strategy takes an unconstrained approach to seeking the best growth businesses outside of the U.S.

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Sands Capital invests in innovative businesses across all stages of the growth spectrum

Jamey Thompson

Partner and Portfolio Manager, Sands Capital Horizons

Joined Sands Capital

2025

Work Experience

University of Virginia (2013 - Present)
Charlottesville, VA | Department of Systems and Information Engineering Faculty

Jocassee Quantitative, LLC (2021 - 2025)
New York, NY and Charlottesville, VA | Managing Member

Blackstone (2015 - 2020)
New York, NY | Managing Director

Citadel (2012 - 2013)
Chicago, IL | Head of Quantitative Credit and Co-Head Global Credit

Citadel (2008 - 2012)
Chicago, IL | Senior Portfolio Manager

King Street Capital Management, LLC (2005 - 2008)
New York, NY | Trader

Education

Princeton University (2006)
PhD | Operations Research and Financial Engineering

Princeton University (2005)
MA | Operations Research and Financial Engineering

University of Virginia (2000)
BS | Systems Engineering

Jamey is a partner and portfolio manager at Sands Capital Horizons. He joined Sands Capital in 2025.

Before joining the firm, Jamey was the founder and managing member of Jocassee Quantitative, overseeing all aspects of the company. Prior to founding Jocassee, he was a managing director at Blackstone, where he built and led a team managing quantitative strategies across a range of asset classes and geographies. Earlier in his career, Jamey spent five years at Citadel (formerly known as Citadel Investment Group), serving as co-head of global credit and head of quantitative credit. He was also a member on Citadel’s portfolio committee. Jamey began his investment career at King Street Capital Management trading structured credit products.

Jamey earned a PhD in operations research and financial engineering from Princeton University and a BS in systems engineering from the University of Virginia. Since 2013, Jamey has served as an adjunct professor in systems engineering at the University of Virginia, where he teaches financial mathematics and advanced statistical modeling.

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