He is the co-founder and chairman of ValueAct Capital, a hedge fund based in San Francisco, California.
[1] He received a master of business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1987.
[1] Ubben is the co-founder of ValueAct Capital, a hedge fund based in San Francisco, California, in 2000.
[1][4] Ubben formerly was on the Boards of Directors of Acxiom, Gartner, Misys, Omnicare, and the Sara Lee Corporation.
[13] In September, 2019, it was announced that Jeff Ubben and his wife Laurie "have made an estate commitment of $50 million to support scholarships for undergraduate, graduate and professional school students" at Northwestern University, the largest donation towards financial aid in the university's history.