Jovanni Gomez is an MBA candidate at Cornell University’s SC Johnson Graduate School of Management, where he is a Consortium Fellow, Toigo LIFE participant, and Prospanica Scholarship recipient. Prior to business school, Jovanni was at Ceiba Capital Partners, focused on control investments and supported the firm in the acquisition of a healthcare platform company. Before Ceiba, he was a senior analyst at the Bruderman Family Office, a merchant bank executing M&A and private investments in the middle-market. Jovanni began his career in investment banking at Societe Generale, executing debt and capital structure advisory and acquisition financings for Fortune 100 companies. Jovanni earned a BS in Finance, cum laude, from Rider University, where he competed on the NCAA Division I men’s wrestling team, and is a proud first-generation college graduate from Long Branch, New Jersey. In his spare time, he enjoys watching Curb Your Enthusiasm, following the Philadelphia 76ers, surfing, playing competitive chess, and spending time with his family.