Jean-Pierre "JP" Conte serves as managing partner of family office Lupine Crest Capital, applying decades of private equity experience to strategic investments and philanthropic initiatives. The son of immigrants from France and Cuba, Conte earned his economics degree from Colgate University in 1985 and Harvard Business School MBA in 1989 before beginning his finance career at Chase Manhattan Bank.
Conte built his investment expertise leading a San Francisco-based private equity firm, guiding growth from approximately $100 million to $49 billion in assets under management across healthcare, financial services, software, and industrial technology sectors. His approach emphasizes operational transformation through strategic partnerships with management teams and systematic value creation initiatives.
His philanthropic work reflects the same analytical framework applied to investments. As a first-generation college graduate, Conte established the Conte First Generation Fund providing scholarships and support at 11 universities. His $25 million donation to Colgate University funded campus social infrastructure, representing one of the institution's largest single gifts.
Conte's $5 million contribution to UCSF created endowed professorships in Parkinson's research, motivated by his father's diagnosis with the disease. He founded the JP Conte Initiative on Immigration at Stanford's Hoover Institution, supporting research-driven policy analysis.
Through Lupine Crest Capital and the JP Conte Family Foundation, Conte integrates investment activities with educational equity initiatives. His board service includes Eagle Football Holdings LLC and various healthcare technology companies. As a Forbes Business Council member, he contributes thought leadership on investment strategy and corporate philanthropy, demonstrating how private capital can address both financial performance and societal challenges.
JP Conte is the founder and managing partner of Lupine Crest Capital He established it to manage strategic investments while serving as a platform for his philanthropic initiatives through the JP Conte Family Foundation. The family office focuses on sectors including healthcare, financial services, software, and industrial technology, integrating his decades of private equity experience with his commitment to educational equity and social impact.
JP Conte is the founder and managing partner of Lupine Crest Capital, his family office. He established it to manage strategic investments while serving as a platform for his philanthropic initiatives through the JP Conte Family Foundation. The family office focuses on sectors including healthcare, financial services, software, and industrial technology, integrating his decades of private equity experience with his commitment to educational equity and social impact.
