NYSE : JEF

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. — Company profile

Financials · Capital Markets · United States

Last price 46.12 USD (Oct 30, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT) · Market cap 10.59B

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Company profile

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. operates as an investment banking and capital markets firm in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates in two segments, Investment Banking and Capital Markets, and Asset Management. The company provides investment banking and advisory services for mergers or acquisitions, debt financing, restructurings, and private capital advisory transactions; underwriting and placement services related to corporate debt, municipal debt, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, equity and equity-linked securities, and loan syndication services; and corporate lending services. It also offers financing, securities lending, and other prime brokerage services; equities research, sales, and trading services; wealth management services; and online foreign exchange trading services. In addition, the company provides investment-grade distressed debt securities, U.S. and European government and agency securities, municipal bonds, leveraged loans, emerging markets debt, interest rates, and credit index derivative products; and manages and offers services to a diverse group of alternative asset management platforms across a spectrum of investment strategies and asset classes. It serves public companies, private companies, sponsors and owners, institutional investors, and government entities. The company was formerly known as Leucadia National Corporation and changed its name to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. in May 2018. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Details

NameJefferies Financial Group Inc.
SectorFinancials
IndustryCapital Markets
Employees7065
Founded1968
CeoRichard Handler
CountryUnited States
ExchangeNYSE
Fiscal YearDecember - November
Reporting CurrencyUSD
IsinUS47233W1099
Cusip47233W109
Cik0000096223
Sic6211

Key executives

NameTitle
Richard Brian HandlerChief Executive Officer and Director
Joseph Saul SteinbergCo-Founder and Chairman
Brian Paul Friedman CPA, J.D.President and Director
Matthew Scott LarsonExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Michael James Sharp J.D.Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Edward John WehleGlobal Head of Technology Services Investment Banking
Jun WuHead of Health-Care Coverage - Asia
Peter ColwellGlobal Head of Industrial, Energy and Infrastructure Banking
Oliver DiehlMD and Continental European Head of Equity Capital Markets
Haim Jimmy HallacManaging Director

Contact

Address520 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10022, United States
Phone212 284 2300
Websitehttps://www.jefferies.com