Jay Sammons is a Vice President focused on U.S. buyout investment opportunities in the consumer and retail industries. He is based in New York.
Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Sammons was a Vice President at Avista Capital Partners, a private equity firm that was formed by several former partners from DLJ Merchant Banking, where he was an Associate. Previously, Mr. Sammons was an Associate at the Cypress Group, a New York based private equity firm. Prior to that, Mr. Sammons was an Analyst in JP Morgan's mergers and acquisitions group.
Mr. Sammons received his MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS with distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

