Jones Mark Evan

About Jones Mark Evan

Mark E. Jones is a U.S. insurance and financial services executive best known as the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Goosehead Insurance, Inc. He served as Goosehead’s Chief Executive Officer from the company’s founding in 2003 until July 2024, when he transitioned to Executive Chairman. During his tenure, Goosehead developed into one of the largest and fastest-growing personal lines insurance brokers in the United States, built around a client-centric model and national expansion. ([ir.gooseheadinsurance.com](https://ir.gooseheadinsurance.com/board-member/mark-jones/)) Before founding Goosehead, Jones was a Senior Partner and Director at Bain & Company, the global management consulting firm. Earlier in his career, he worked in the audit and mergers-and-acquisitions practices at Ernst & Young. That background gave him deep experience in strategy, corporate transformation, finance, and execution—skills that later shaped Goosehead’s operating model and growth strategy. He has also served as CEO of N5B Capital since 2022, an alternative asset investment firm. ([ir.gooseheadinsurance.com](https://ir.gooseheadinsurance.com/board-member/mark-jones/)) His Goosehead story is defined by building a scalable insurance platform focused on customer choice, simplicity, and service. Under his leadership, the company emphasized broad market access, a differentiated distribution model, and a performance-driven culture. Goosehead’s 2024 CEO transition announcement highlighted the firm’s sustained growth and underscored Jones’s long-term role in shaping the business, its leadership team, and its strategic direction. ([ir.gooseheadinsurance.com](https://ir.gooseheadinsurance.com/node/14221/pdf)) Jones holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta and an MBA from Harvard Business School. His career combines consulting, M&A, and founder-led leadership in a publicly listed U.S. insurance business. For corporate governance and executive profiling, he stands out as a founder who helped scale a niche financial services company into a nationally recognized platform. ([ir.gooseheadinsurance.com](https://ir.gooseheadinsurance.com/board-member/mark-jones/))