Jonathan Wolfson is the CEO and co-founder of Solazyme, in this role he oversees the management team and strategic direction of the company. Solazyme is a renewable oil production company and the leader in algal synthetic biology. Prior to Solazyme, Mr. Wolfson has held a variety of positions in finance, business and law. He was most recently the Vice President of Finance and Business Development for 7thOnline, a venture-backed supply chain software company where he was responsible for overseeing legal issues, finance and the development and implementation of corporate strategy, which resulted in annualized revenue growth of over 100% during his tenure. Mr. Wolfson was also a primary interface between the company's management and its board and investors.
Prior to that Mr. Wolfson was a co-founder and President and Chief Operating Officer of InvestorTree, a financial software and ASP services firm. Previously he worked as an investment banker for Morgan Stanley, in the M&A department of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson and as a business/legal analyst for Triarc Companies. Mr. Wolfson holds J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from the NYU School of Law and the NYU Stern School of Business. Additionally, he spent several years as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics at Hunter College of the City University of New York.