Where does Hari Joy work?

Hari Joy is Managing Director at Blue Haven Initiative.

What does Hari Joy invest in?

Hari Joy invests in Impact & Social Good.

What check size does Hari Joy write?

Hari Joy typically writes checks of $250K – $5M.

Hari Joy

Investor

Managing Director at Blue Haven Initiative

United States

Writes $250K – $5M checks · typically $1M

About

Hari Joy is Managing Director of Private Investments at Blue Haven Initiative, where he leads the firm's in-house investment portfolio across the full investment lifecycle and serves on portfolio company boards. He previously worked in private equity at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, covering tech services, industrials, consumer, and healthcare deals, and in investment banking at J.P. Morgan focused on M&A and equity and debt transactions in financial services. He holds a B.S. in Economics and an MBA, both from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Invests in

Impact & Social Good

Experience

Blue Haven InitiativeManaging Director, Private Investmentscurrent2025 — present
Blue Haven InitiativeDirector of Investments2024 — 2025
Blue Haven InitiativeAdvisor2022 — 2024
Blue Haven InitiativeVentures Senior Associate2020 — 2022Greater Boston
WHOOPStrategic Finance2023Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Clayton Dubilier & RicePrivate Equity Associate2018 — 2020New York, New York
J.P. MorganInvestment Banking Analyst2016 — 2018New York, New York
J.P. MorganInvestment Banking Summer Analyst2015New York, New York
Child and Youth Finance InternationalInnovations Analyst2014The Randstad, Netherlands
Centennial Group IncAnalyst2013Singapore

Education

The Wharton SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA
The Wharton SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.), Economics
University of OxfordBlockchain Strategy Programme
Panther Creek High SchoolNorth Carolina Academic Scholar Diploma

Skills & more

Public SpeakingLeadershipTeamworkStrategySocial Media MarketingNonprofitsStatistical Data AnalysisEconomic ResearchResearchEconomicsPowerPointMicrosoft Word

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Microsoft Excel

Languages English · Malayalam · Spanish

From Hari's professional profile.

Colleagues at Blue Haven Initiative

Chris Jurgens

Senior Advisor at Blue Haven Initiative

Daniel Wanjira

Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives at Blue Haven Initiative

Dave Horwich

Senior Advisor at Blue Haven Initiative

Dereka Young

Executive Assistant at Blue Haven Initiative

Ian Simmons

Co-Founder & Principal at Blue Haven Initiative

Jennifer Lee

Senior Advisor at Blue Haven Initiative

Jonathan Kirschner

Senior Advisor at Blue Haven Initiative

Karinelis Ayala-Gonzalez

Operations Coordinator at Blue Haven Initiative

Frequently asked questions

Where does Hari Joy work?: Hari Joy is Managing Director at Blue Haven Initiative.
What does Hari Joy invest in?: Hari Joy invests in Impact & Social Good.
What check size does Hari Joy write?: Hari Joy typically writes checks of $250K – $5M.

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