Jason T. Pananos

Jason Pananos is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance Department.  Jason currently teaches and was the co-creator of a second-year field course titled “Value Creation in Small and Medium Firms”.  Jason is also an active collaborator and guest lecturer in the courses “Financial Management of Smaller Firms” and “Entrepreneurship through Acquisition”.  These courses focus on how to acquire, finance, and operate small and medium privately held companies.

Jason is a co-founder of The Nashton Company.  Nashton is a holding company focused on making long-term investments in private companies.  Prior to Nashton, Jason acquired and ran a small firm that provided vector-borne disease prevention programs and lake management services.  Under Jason's leadership, the company made 14 acquisitions and yielded a 43% compounded annual growth rate over seven years before selling to a public company.

Jason graduated from Harvard Business School in 2008 and received a Bachelor in Business Administration from University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2002.  

Cases and Teaching Materials

• Pananos, Jason. "Forest Park Capital." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 223-703, August 2022. View Details
• Wasserstein, A.J., Mark Anderegg, Carlos Gila, and Jason Pananos. "Why MBA Students Do Not Pursue Entrepreneurship through Acquisition: Twelve Reasons MBA Students Opt Out of ETA – and Our Perspectives." Yale School of Management Case, 2022. Electronic. View Details
• Pananos, Jason, and A.J. Wasserstein. "Search Fund Company Boards: How CEOS Can Build Boards to Help Them Thrive." Yale School of Management Case 18-017, 2018. View Details
• Pananos, Jason, and A.J. Wasserstein. "Smith Brothers Insurance: Managing Successions at a Growing Insurance Agency." Yale School of Management Case 19-012, 2019. View Details
• Pananos, Jason, and A.J. Wasserstein. "Krueger-Gilbert Health Physics: Can a Serial Acquisition Strategy Work for a Diagnostic Consulting Firm?" Yale School of Management Case 19-014, 2019. View Details
• Pananos, Jason, Jay Davis, Richard Ruback, and Royce Yudkoff. "Pacific Lake and the Rise of Professional Capital in Search Funds." Harvard Business School Case 222-015, September 2021. View Details