Millionaire investment banker, 52, punches woman to the ground on Brooklyn street in shocking video
A millionaire investment banker was filmed punching a woman on the streets of New York on Saturday evening.
Jonathan Kaye, 52, was seen throwing a vicious punch at the unnamed woman in Brooklyn, where he lives in a $4 million four-bedroom mansion in expensive Park Slope.
He works as a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, a leading investment bank with offices in Midtown Manhattan.
The clip shows the woman being thrown to the ground by the force of the blow, while an onlooker rushes to her aid in vain. Others watching call Kaye an ‘asshole’ and tell him to ‘fuck himself’ – which catches his attention for a moment before he abruptly walks away.
A spokesperson for the bank confirmed to DailyMail.com that Kaye is the man seen in the viral video, saying it has already led to an investigation.
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Jonathan Kaye, 52, is seen throwing a nasty overhand at the unnamed woman in Brooklyn – where he also lives in a four-bedroom mansion in expensive Park Slope, worth just over $4 million.
The banker, seen here triumphantly turning in the wake of the attack, works as a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, a leading investment bank with offices in Midtown Manhattan
“We have become aware that one of our employees was involved in a serious incident in Brooklyn on June 8,” a Moelis representative said, as the 12-second clip continues to gain traction online.
“We are taking this matter very seriously and are conducting an investigation,” she added.
According to a profile on Moelis’ website, Kaye has a BA from Tufts University and graduated with honors from Duke University School of Law.
Another profile on Kaye’s achievements, on The Jewish Grad Organization, praises his ten years at the firm, during which he helped Moelis’becoming a market leader with more than 125 transactions completed representing a combined enterprise value of more than $100 billion.”
Previously, he worked as director of marketing at CitiGroup, the third largest banking institution in the US.
In his current role, he oversees ten verticals within Moelis’ Business Services group, leading ‘a dedicated team of bankers and… an extensive network of relationships with both strategic companies and private equity investors’, according to the bio.
It adds that he is also a member of the company’s management committee, demonstrating his stature in the financial sector.
Moelis is already investigating the incident, but at the time of writing it is unknown whether it has been reported to the NYPD. DailyMail.com has reached out for comment.
According to a profile on Moelis’ website, Kaye holds a BA from Tufts University and graduated with honors from Duke University School of Law
Moelis is already investigating the incident, but at the time of writing it is unknown whether it has been reported to the NYPD. DailyMail.com has reached out for comment
The footage, meanwhile, is short and shaky, but includes a moment where Kaye proudly turns to the camera and seemingly flashes a smile after knocking the woman to the ground.
Kaye walks away, carrying a bag in one hand with a wet stain on the back of his blazer.
In one clip captioned over the footage, a user wrote: “This man punched me in the face today and broke my nose.
‘[He also] my friends arrested[sic] poor… can anyone find him?’
The context of the punch-up is still unclear.
