Jay H. Krasoff, Managing Director
One of the Firm’s founders, Jay Krasoff is responsible for its strategic direction and the marketing of its banking and private equity investments.  During his tenure he has led assignments that include sell-side and buy-side advisories, valuation opinions, and acquisition and growth financing for clients in the oil and gas, real estate, consumer products, and building products industries.

Mr. Krasoff  also has an active financial restructuring practice in company/debtor management and for distressed debt holders, secured creditors and committees. He has represented clients in the fields of upstream and downstream energy, real estate, energy service, environmental, building products, health care, and consumer products.

Chiron Financial Advisors, L.L.C.'s diverse client base includes KT Energy Holdings (Upstream Energy), Spirit Drilling Fluids (Energy Service), Chevron (Downstream Energy), Renata Resort (Real Estate), Evans Industries (Manufacturing/Energy Service), Doctor’s Hospital (Health Care) and Garden Ridge (Retail). Some of Mr. Krasoff's representative Chiron Equities acquisitions include a 460 unit multi-family apartment community, a specialty food products company, oil and gas exploration companies, and an aggregate and ready mix company.

Mr. Krasoff began his career at KPMG in 1979. After attending graduate school, he spent 15 years in the real estate development business where he acted with several principals in developing over $300 million in apartments and other commercial real estate.  Mr. Krasoff has significant experience in capital market transactions and diverse financings, including the issuance of bonds and private placement of both debt and equity with leading financial institutions. While in the real estate investment business he led many assignments in the restructuring of debt and equity instruments.

Prior to co-founding Chiron Financial Advisors, L.L.C., Mr. Krasoff was CFO of Texas Gypsum Industries, Inc., where he managed capital markets and general financial matters and was involved in creative opportunities of purchasing distressed debt.                                

Mr. Krasoff serves on the board of various private owned equity companies in the oil and gas and building products industries. He is a member of Financial Executives International (FEI), Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Turnaround Management (TMA), American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), and other capital markets networks. Mr. Krasoff is a Member of the Board of Directors for the Houston Chapter(s) of both Financial Executives International and the Association for Corporate Growth, and is Chair of the Membership Committee for the Houston FEI. 

Mr. Krasoff received a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree (with Honors) in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin in 1979, and attended the Graduate School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.  He previously practiced as a Certified Public Accountant.