Jack Wolf was born on May 4, 1949 in Louisville, Kentucky and co-owns Starlight Stables with his wife Laurie. They split their residences between Saratoga Springs, NY and Sarasota, FL with their two children.
Jack earned a master's degree in economics at Murray State University in southwestern Kentucky, attending on a football scholarship. He went on to teach for seven years as a graduate assistant at Murray State and at Gainesville College near Atlanta.
Jack was a hedge fund manager with Columbus Partners in Atlanta who retired to spend more time with his racing interests. In 2000 Jack and Laurie got into the game at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale, buying six horses, among them was a $97,000 "Harlan's Holiday".
Among the many highlights of Starlight Stables was the sale of Ashado, at a record-setting $9,000,000 in November of 2005. Ashado was the champion 3-year-old filly of 2004 and champion older filly or mare of 2005, winning 19 of 21 career starts with total earnings of $3,931,440.