Our Leadership
Jay petschek
Founder and Managing Member
Mr. Petschek is the founder and a Principal of the general partner of Corsair Capital Management, L.P., the Investment Manager of Corsair Capital Partners, L.P. Mr. Petschek founded the predecessor to Corsair Capital Partners, L.P. in 1991 at which time he was a Senior Managing Director at Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., responsible for the firm’s proprietary asset management activities and a member of Ladenburg’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Mr. Petschek joined Ladenburg in 1984, spending ten years in corporate finance and two years as Director of the firm’s Research Department. Prior to joining Ladenburg, Mr. Petschek was an Assistant Treasurer in the World Corporate Department at Bankers Trust Company. Mr. Petschek serves on the Board of Directors of the Boyar Value Fund, an open-ended public mutual fund. He graduated from Harvard College in 1980 with a B.A. in Applied Mathematics and received an M.S. in Management from the Sloan School of Management, M.I.T. in 1982.
Steve Major
Managing Member
Mr. Major is a Principal of the general partner of Corsair Capital Management, L.P. From 1996 – 2001, Mr. Major was a managing director and portfolio manager in the Asset Management Department of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. Previously, Mr. Major was a vice president at Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. where he specialized in publishing sell-side equity investment research reports covering a special situations stock universe comprised of companies that had emerged from bankruptcy or a general restructuring process. From 1990-1992, Mr. Major was an Analyst in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Additionally, Mr. Major is a member of the Board of Directors of Yeshiva College from which he graduated in 1990 with a B.A. in English. He received his MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School in 1994.
Jeffrey Zelin
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Zelin joined Corsair in 2011. He is the firm’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr. Zelin was an intern with Bryant Park Capital in a research analyst position. Mr. Zelin graduated from Lehigh University in 2010 with a B.A. in Business and Economics.