Jonathan E. Baum President George K. Baum Holdings, Inc.
Kansas City baum@gkbaum.com
Mr. Baum has a distinguished record in corporate finance spanning over two decades. During that time, he has initiated and completed a wide range of mergers, acquisitions, sales and financings for a broad range of clients including transactions involving leading multi-national publicly-traded and privately-held corporations, small-capitalization public companies and other middle-market clients. Mr. Baum assumed his current role in April 1994, and in his management capacity, oversees the entire operation of the Firm with a particular emphasis on the Firm's investment banking unit, George K. Baum Advisors. Mr. Baum also serves on the Board of Directors of American Italian Pasta Company, a New York Stock Exchange-listed company headquartered in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Prior to joining George K. Baum & Company, he served as a Vice President with Salomon Brothers Inc. in its Merger & Acquisition Department in New York. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.S. degree from Kansas State University.
