John Rakowski

Managing Director
703.672.3106
jrakowski@clearsightadvisors.com

Experience: John has advised on over 20 transactions since joining Clearsight in 2012. John leads the firm’s compliance & risk practice, and advises clients in the business consulting, IT solutions, and cybersecurity sectors. Before Clearsight, John served as a Vice President at Carl Marks Advisory and Houlihan Lokey.

Education: MBA, Northwestern University–Kellogg Graduate School of Management; BS, University of Illinois

First Job: De-tasseling corn

Hidden Talent: Making homemade pesto

What Moves Me: Connecting with people and discovering what drives them motivates me. Our clients are driven entrepreneurs who operate in a space that is still very much developing. Getting to work with those people and advise them on such major decisions in their lives and for their companies is a great honor. I’m proud of the impact Clearsight has made so far and look forward to how we will continue to grow.