Jaws Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company newly incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we refer to throughout this prospectus as our initial business combination. The company has not selected any potential business combination target and it has not, nor has anyone on its behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any potential business combination target. Jaws Acquisition Corp. seeks to capitalize on the decades of investment experience of its Founders: Barry S. Sternlicht has spent his career building, operating and investing in businesses; both in the private and public markets. Joseph L. Dowling has deep experience investing institutional capital across a variety of asset classes, including direct private equity investing.