Education
University of Michigan.
University of Michigan.
At Irving, Jeremy manages a long/short equity and cr portfolio that also participates in private investment opportunities. Jeremy started his career in marketing, which led to several start-ups in the digital media space. Irving Investors was launched in 2009 after two successful exits.
In 2005, Jeremy founded Urban Hostess to serve as a middleman between Manhattan’s brokerage firms and young professionals entering the New York market.
Urban Hostess established relationships with Fortune 500 companies, including Justice of the Peace Morgan, Union Bank of Switzerland and Deutsche Bank, to handle the relocation of new recruits. Pocket Change was devoted to tracking down the most expensive indulgences in categories ranging from hot dogs to helicopter rides.
Pocket Change also covered the costliest burger in the city, the $175 Richard Nouveau Burger at the Wall Street Burger Shoppe, named after Richard Nouveau, Pocketchange"s fictional mascot. Pocket Change was acquired in 2008 by thelab, an ad agency in New New York
Abelson then launched a new production shop called Samson’s Barber as the exclusive digital arm within thelab.
Abelson has contributed as an expert on Fox Business News, Cable News Network, Consumer News and Business Channel, The NYTimes, The WSJ and more. He also speaks at New York University, Columbia Business School and the New York Media Summit.
