Jennifer Kwon Chou
Jennifer joined the Runway Growth Finance Corp. Board of Directors in 2025.
Jennifer has over 20 years of experience in private equity, financial services and sales & trading. She is currently Senior Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer of The Gores Group (“Gores”) where she oversees firm strategy and the development of new products and partnerships. She also has management responsibilities over the firm’s origination, capital raising, external communications, and corporate development functions. Since joining Gores in 2010, Jennifer has been responsible for raising capital across Gores’ investment vehicles. She is currently an independent director of Portman Ridge Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: PTMN) and Logan Ridge Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: LRFC), BDCs affiliated with BC Partners. Prior to joining Gores, Jennifer was a Director at Sterling Partners, a private equity firm based in Chicago. Prior to Sterling, she worked in capital markets at Lehman Brothers in New York. She began her career at Public Financial Management and the Vanguard Group.
She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.