
Jennifer Cho
Jennifer Cho joined FLG Partners in 2020, served on the firm’s Management Committee from 2022 to 2024, and was elected Managing Partner, effective February 1, 2025.
Jennifer has over 30 years of financial and operational experience in public and private companies. Her leadership spans consumer products, entertainment, digital media, technology, and corporate & investment banking sectors. With her astute financial stewardship, integrity, authenticity, and empowering approach to change management, Jennifer earned the trust of C-Suite executives, Boards, senior business leaders, and diverse teams.
Before joining FLG, Jennifer was EVP and CFO of Otter Media, a digital media company acquired by AT&T’s WarnerMedia unit in 2018. Jennifer’s previous roles include SVP & CFO, AT&T Entertainment Group – Technology Operations and Strategy; SVP & Treasurer, DIRECTV, responsible for Corporate Development, Treasury, and FP&A; CFO, Gap Brand North America and Corporate Treasurer of Gap Inc. Earlier in her career, Jennifer was Managing Director at KeyBanc Capital Markets and VP at BNP Paribas, focused on the technology sector.
Jennifer led companies, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to achieve their targeted goals throughout potentially disruptive events. Demonstrating grace under pressure and delivering excellence in performance, Jennifer led the strategies, solutions, and teams through challenges that included organizational restructurings, changes in executive teams, acquisitions, and divestitures.
At Otter Media, Jennifer led the successful restructuring and integration of Otter Media, consisting of four diverse media companies, into a division within WarnerMedia, shepherding it through the transition from a privately to a publicly held company. During her tenure at DIRECTV, she was selected to head the year-long integration planning for its merger with AT&T. She executed key deliverables, including day-one go-to-market strategies, through collaboration, influence, and engagement.
Since joining FLG Partners in 2020, Jennifer has advised and helped companies succeed, both public and private (family-owned and PE-owned), by assisting them with revenue growth, financial strategy, debt & equity raise, and IPO. Jennifer enjoyed working as an interim CFO and advisor to several lifestyle consumer brands, including goop, Dôen, Keen, and Intermix.
Jennifer is active in a multitude of leadership and Board activities. She is wholeheartedly committed to fostering diversity and inclusion and helping women develop their leadership capabilities. She is a frequent speaker at UCLA Executive Education program “Women in Governance” and is involved with Venture Accelerator of the UCLA Anderson of Management as an advisor and mentor. With regard to Board service, Jennifer is currently an independent Board Director of Fuerst Group and has been serving as a member of Keen Advisory Board since July 2023. Jennifer is also on the board of Operation Gratitude, a non-profit, and has been Chair of its Audit Committee since 2022.
On a personal level, Jennifer is an Ironman 70.3 triathlete and marathoner. The discipline, perseverance, passion, and drive to succeed she displays in her athletic endeavors is also exemplified in her work as she surmounts each complex, formidable challenge – inspiring those who work with her to do the same.
Jennifer attained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame, IN, where she received an academic distinction as a Notre Dame Scholar. While Jennifer spent most of her adult life in the Bay Area, she currently resides with her family in Manhattan Beach, CA.
Sector Experience
- Consumer
- Technology
- Consumer Products
- Digital Media
- Financial Services