Jon Whitt

Jon Whitt is a managing director in Evercore’s strategic advisory practice, advising companies within packaging, paper and forest products sectors.

Since joining Evercore in 2016, he has advised on many notable transactions including Sealed Air’s take-private acquisition by CD&R; WestRock’s merger with Smurfit Kappa to create Smurfit WestRock; Crown Holdings’ sale of its European Tinplate business to KPS Capital Partners; Pregis, a portfolio company of Olympus Partners, on its sale to Warburg Pincus; and Tekni-Plex, a portfolio company of American Securities, on its sale to Genstar Capital. Additionally, he has advised numerous public and private clients across buy- and sell-side M&A and strategic review assignments.

Prior to Evercore, Mr. Whitt was a vice president in the industrials group at Barclays, with a focus on the packaging, paper and forest products sectors. Previously, he worked at WP Global Partners.

Mr. Whitt graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in industrial engineering and economics from Northwestern University and earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.