Dr. Blair Jacobson

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Blair Jacobson is an Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. He is a partner and co-president of Ares Management Corporation, where he serves on the Ares Executive Management Committee and on the boards of Ares Management Limited and Ares Management UK Limited. He is also a key member of the European Direct Lending and European Liquid Credit Investment committees for Ares Credit Group, as well as the Ares Secondaries Group's Credit Investment Committee and the Ares Sports, Media, and Entertainment Investment Committee. Before joining Ares in 2012, Blair was a partner at StepStone Group, focusing on building and running European operations and overseeing private debt and equity investments. He has previously held various roles in investment banking, mergers, and acquisitions, including positions at Citigroup Private Equity and Lehman Brothers in London and New York. Blair holds a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in Political Economy from Williams College and an MBA with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, specializing in Finance.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Oxford

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.7
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:24
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:25
Total
Required:110
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Politics, International Relations, Economics, History, Law, Philosophy or Sociology
Application Checklist
  • Three academic references
  • Official transcripts
  • CV/Resume
  • Statement of Purpose (1,000 words)
  • Two academic essays (2,000 words each)
Specialization Notes

Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.