Christopher Jensen

Christopher Jensen is a portfolio manager and director of Digital Asset Research for Franklin Templeton.

With nearly 20 years of technology investing experience spanning venture capital, private equity, and private credit, Christopher's focus is on developing and leading the fundamental research efforts for Franklin's Listed Token strategies. Christopher joined Franklin Templeton in 2015 as a Vice President and Senior Research Analyst in the firm's Fixed Income group. He went on to become Head of Credit for Franklin's Data Science and Digital Lending Strategies team in 2019.

Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, Christopher was a principal with SLR Capital Partners, an alternative asset manager in NYC focused on cash flow and asset-based lending as well as specialty finance.

Christopher holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Princeton University, an MBA from the Yale School of Management, and a Certificate in Data Science from Stanford University.