Scholars' Library: Jonathan Tepper on 'Shooting Up'

Thursday, 26 March -  17:00 (UK)/ 10:00 (PT)/ 13:00 (ET)

This event is free and open to the public.

In our March event, Jonathan Tepper (North Carolina & Christ Church 1998) will discuss his memoir of love, loss and addiction, Shooting Up.

Read more about his book here

Jonathan is the Chief Investment Officer of Prevatt Capital, an asset manager that invests for the long term in high-quality companies. Previously, he founded Variant Perception, a company that provides investment research to asset managers. He started my investing career as an equity analyst at SAC Capital and then as a Vice President in proprietary trading at Bank of America. Along the way, with his friend and partner Turi Munthe, they founded Demotix, a citizen-journalism website and photo agency. They sold Demotix in 2012 to Corbis, a company owned then by Bill Gates. He earned a BA with Highest Honors in History and Honors in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a M.Litt. in Modern History from the University of Oxford. He is a Rhodes Scholar and has been Chairman of Rhodes Scholars in Britain (RSiB) and Deputy Secretary for the Caribbean.

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Q & A:

Please feel free to submit any questions in advance to alumni@rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk or you can use the Q&A function within Zoom to ask questions directly during the live event.

Part of the Lifelong Fellowship portfolio, The Scholars’ Library is a monthly book talk series, where Rhodes alumni can come together to present, discover and debate their literary works. If you’re interested in getting involved, please reach out to alumni@rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk