# Adrian Jones

> Adrian Jones is a startup investor at Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merchant-banking-division)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-jones-612a90

Adrian Jones is a startup investor at Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division. Adrian is a managing director in the Principal Investment Area (PIA) of the Merchant Banking Division (MBD) in New York, where he is co-head of the Americas Equity business and a member of the Global Investment Committee. He also serves as co-sponsor of the firmwide Disability Interest Forum. Adrian joined Goldman Sachs in 1994 as an associate inthe Investment Banking Division. After two years in the Communications and Media Department, and mobility assignments in Equity Capital Markets and in the Executive Office of Goldman Sachs International, he joined PIA in London in 1998. Adrian returned to New York in 2002 in PIA and was named managing director later that year. He was named partner in 2004.Following his cadetship at the Irish Military College, Adrian was commissioned in 1983 as a lieutenant in the Irish Army, where he served until 1989. From 1987 to 1988, Adrian served in the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Southern Lebanon.After moving to the United States in 1989, he worked for two years at the Bank of Boston in Credit Derivatives. In addition to representing GS Capital Partners on a number of corporate boards, Adrian serves on the boards of Autism Speaks, The American Ireland Fund and the Galway University Foundation. Adrian earned a BA in Economics and Politics from University College, Galway, in 1986, an MA in Economics from University College, Dublin, in 1989 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1994.

## About Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division

VC Fund · New York, United States

Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division is a private equity and venture capital firm that provides equity and credit investment. It is a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Banking and Securities Investments. It is focused on providing private equity, mezzanine debt, senior secured loans and distressed debt securities. It manages privatecapital globally and offers expertise to companies, investors, entrepreneurs, and financial intermediaries around the globe. It also invests in equity and credit across corporate, real estate and infrastructure strategies. Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division began operation in 1869, with its headquarters in New York.

4 contacts available at Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ward Waltemath | Head of Software Investment Banking | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ward-waltemath |
| Adrian Jones | Managing Director in the Principal Investment Area | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-jones-70af |
| Martin Hintze | Head of Corporate Equity Investing in Europe | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-hintze |
| Michelle Sibley | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michelle-sibley |

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