Jeffrey B. Hecktman

Jeffrey Hecktman is the Chairman and CEO of Hilco Global. He founded the company in 1987 to conduct asset valuations, monetization and advisory services for companies across the globe. Under his leadership he successfully led the organization through four decades of growth and diversification, building one of the world’s most sophisticated B2B financial services platforms. Most recently Jeffrey successfully completed a critical part of his long-term vision by raising substantial capital to secure the company’s future, selling a majority interest to ORIX Corporation based in Japan. The transaction combines the asset expertise of Hilco Global in asset valuation and monetization with ORIX’s global multi-billion-dollar capital resources, a move that will accelerate Hilco’s growth into an “asset-rich merchant bank” and expand its advisory platform and private credit business.

Today, Hilco Global is recognized as a world class financial services company – having earned this reputation for providing both healthy and distressed companies with expert valuation, monetization, strategic advisory and capital solutions to maximize the value of their business assets. He built the company from a small start-up to a sophisticated financial services firm with over 850 employees and offices worldwide. Over the course of his career, Jeff has structured and directed thousands of transactions deploying billions of dollars in capital for M & A, turnaround and restructuring deals. He remains a member of the Secured Finance Network, the Turnaround Management Association, the Association of Corporate Development, American Bankruptcy Institute, and many other leading industry associations.

Jeff is deeply committed to philanthropy and ardently supports many causes, often focusing on healthcare, education, and families/children in need. In keeping with this commitment, Jeff and Hilco Global provided critical funding and support to launch Sunrise Day Camp in Chicago, an organization dedicated to providing free summer day camp experiences for children with cancer and their siblings in a safe and joyful environment. He’s been a benefactor for a major music therapy program and a stem cell research program at the University of Chicago Medical Center and an ardent supporter of the United States Holocaust Museum. He is committed to ensuring that Hilco Global stands for more than just the financial services and capital that it provides to its client base and he is working to create a corporate culture that emphasizes giving back to the community, diversity, tolerance, and inclusion. Jeff has led the organization’s employees to become passionate supporters of educational opportunities for underserved communities in the United States and around the world. To this end he and the firm have donated their time and financial support to several important educational programs for the children around the world, including the Chicago Public Schools; the Chicago Public Library; Youth Guidance mentoring programs that work with over 6000 inner city high school age boys and girls across the US; The All Stars Project – An Arts and Education After School Program in Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and Dallas; Major disaster relief efforts in Haiti and Puerto Rico following floods and hurricanes, and Impact Israel (formerly Yemin Orde) based in Israel, which provides support to at-risk and immigrant youth from around the world.

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