Jewel Chen
Private Equity Portfolio Manager @ Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation
- Role
- Portfolio Manager, Private Equity at Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jewel Chen
Jewel Chen is a Private Equity Portfolio Manager at Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation, a $61 billion AUM sovereign wealth fund/public educational endowment, serving 5 million Texas K-12 school children. She focuses on primary, secondaries, and co-investment activities across buyout and growth strategies. Previously, Jewel worked at CalPERS Private Equity, the largest public pension in the U.S. with $600 billion AUM, serving 2 million beneficiaries. She focused on large buyout, secondary, and emerging manager strategies within the Private Equity portfolio. Jewel underwrote $8 billion commitments in funds, co-investments, and SMAs. Prior to CalPERS, Jewel worked on affordable housing developments at California State Treasurer’s Office, where she recommended $1 billion of syndicated tax credits allocation in private equity real estate investments. Before joining the public sector, Jewel was a real estate attorney, representing developers, private equity investors, and state financing authorities in affordable housing development via syndicated tax credits. Jewel received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from University of Minnesota Law School with a concentration in Business Law. She graduated with highest distinction (4.0 GPA) in her Bachelor’s degree from Purdue University Northwest with double major in Finance and Accounting and a minor in Applied Mathematics. Jewel is a licensed attorney, a CFA charterholder, and a CPA.
Experience
Portfolio Manager, Private Equity
Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation
Jan 2022 — Present · Austin, TX, US
Established in 1845, Texas PSF is a $61 billion AUM sovereign wealth fund/public educational endowment, serving 5 million students in Texas K-12 public schools. Focused on private equity primary, secondaries, and coinvestments across buyout and growth strategies. Led sourcing and due diligence, performed attribution analysis, drafted investment memos, presented investment recommendations to the Investment Committee, led legal negotiation and closing. Monitored respective GP relationships, represented Texas PSF at annual meetings and LPACs, evaluated amendment and consent requests from the GPs, and recommended investment actions.
Education
University of Minnesota Law School
Juris Doctor, Business Law Concentration
Purdue University Northwest
B.S., Finance & Accounting Double Major, Minor in Applied Mathematics
Skills
- Joint Ventures
- Real Estate
- Due Diligence
- Intellectual Property
- Financial Analysis
- Dispute Resolution
- Civil Litigation
- Securities Regulation
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofits
- Finance
- Legal Research
- Legal Writing
- Public Policy
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate Law
- Document Review
- Mandarin
- Lexis
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