Kendrick F. Ashton, Jr. '98
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, The St. James
Kendrick F. Ashton, Jr. earned his B.A. in international relations from William & Mary, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a Merit Scholar and the Earl Dickerson Public Service Scholar, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he was also a Merit Scholar.
Mr. Ashton is the Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer of The St. James, a leading developer and operator of performance, wellness and lifestyle destinations, brands, experiences and technologies. Prior to founding The St. James, Mr. Ashton was a founding member and Managing Director of Perella Weinberg Partners, a global boutique financial services firm. Before joining Perella Weinberg, he was an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and gained legal experience at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
Mr. Ashton is a member of the Board of Directors of The Cronos Group (NASDAQ: CRON), an innovative global cannabinoid company, the Board of Trustees of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the Board of Trustees of the National Urban League, the Board of Directors of The Economic Club of Washington, DC and is an emeritus member of the William & Mary Foundation Board of Trustees. He served as chair of the reunion committee for the Class of 1998, a member of the William & Mary Board of Visitors from 2012 to 2016 and was reelected to the Board of Visitors in 2022.
