Hari Joy
InvestorManaging Director at Blue Haven Initiative
United States
Writes $250K – $5M checks · typically $1M
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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
Skills & more
Public SpeakingLeadershipTeamworkStrategySocial Media MarketingNonprofitsStatistical Data AnalysisEconomic ResearchResearchEconomicsPowerPointMicrosoft Word
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Microsoft ExcelLanguages English · Malayalam · Spanish
From Hari's professional profile.
Colleagues at Blue Haven Initiative
Chris Jurgens
Senior Director, Programs and Policy; Chief of Staff, Executive Office at Omidyar Network
Daniel Wanjira
Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives at Blue Haven Initiative
Dereka Young
Executive Assistant at Blue Haven Initiative
Harrison Esterly
Venture Fellow at 2Flo Ventures
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
- Who is Hari Joy?
- 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.
- 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.
- Where did Hari Joy go to school?
- Hari Joy studied at The Wharton School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); The Wharton School (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Economics); University of Oxford (Blockchain Strategy Programme).
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