Hedge fund managers unload on Malcolm Gladwell after he trashes John Paulson
On Wednesday, hedge fund manager John Paulson donated $400 million to endow Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, making it the largest gift in the school's history.Soon after the news...
View ArticleHow a 19-year-old hustled his way to an internship at Goldman, then turned it...
Landing a summer internship at any Wall Street firm is tough.But Business Insider recently spoke with a summer intern who had to work extra hard to get his first finance gig — and not for any of the...
View ArticleWALL STREET FIGHT NIGHT: Inside the event where a bunch of hedge funders beat...
Some big names in the hedge fund world came together last week to raise money for victims of natural disasters — and to go head-to-head in the boxing ring.They were inspired by the story of Petra...
View ArticleLEON COOPERMAN: I sent Obama an angry letter and then I got audited by the IRS
In November 2011, billionaire hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman, the founder/CEO of Omega Advisors, sent an open letter to President Barack Obama detailing his issues with how the president had treated...
View ArticleCOOPERMAN: Four signs that we're entering a bear market
Leon Cooperman, legendary CEO of Omega Investment, divulged four points he uses to predict the onset of a bear economy during his appearance on Wall Street Week Sunday with hosts Anthony Scaramucci and...
View ArticleHedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen bought the most expensive statue ever...
While world media was abuzz with the world-record breaking sale of Picasso’s "Les femmes d’Alger" for $179 million at Christie’s, another anonymous buyer took home the most expensive statue ever...
View Article19-year-old who turned down Goldman Sachs says other students are just 'lazy'
The Wharton undergraduate student who hustled his way into a Goldman Sachs internship in his freshman year and then turned it down for a hedge fund has some strong words for his fellow Ivy League...
View ArticleFiat Chrysler CEO asks investors for help persuading GM to merge: WSJ
(Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV's Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne is reaching out to hedge funds and activist investors to help persuade General Motors Co to agree to a merger, the...
View ArticleTurns out hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen DID have a large pig living in...
A couple of years ago, we reported a rumor based on a source who said billionaire hedge fund manager Steven Cohen had a very large pig living in his 35,000-square-foot Connecticut mansion.Page Six is...
View ArticleMeredith Whitney says the hedge fund chapter of her life 'is over'
Meredith Whitney, the former Oppenheimer analyst who made a name for herself for some prescient calls during the financial crisis before trying her hand as a hedge fund manager, now says she's finished...
View ArticleJailed hedge funder Doug Whitman is trying to sell his California mansion again
Doug Whitman, founder of Whitman Capital LLC, used to live quite comfortably in this Atherton, California mansion. But now that he's locked up for insider trading, the European-style estate in...
View ArticleEX-BANKER: 'I could see that I was making a difference...I think that's...
Fred Lane, managing partner and founder of Lane Generational at Raymond James, says it's tough for young people to make their mark at investment banks.Lane, who was previously vice chairman of...
View ArticleHedge fund billionaires Dan Loeb, Bill Ackman, and Carl Icahn used to fight,...
Hedge fund titans Bill Ackman, Daniel Loeb, and Carl Icahn are all playing nice these days.The three high-profile activist investors spoke on a panel hosted by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)...
View ArticleWHITNEY TILSON: This chatter about Lumber Liquidators being acquired is the...
Embattled hardwood/laminate flooring retailer Lumber Liquidators' stock appears to be higher on what appears to be an unfounded rumor that they will be acquired. Shares of Lumber Liquidators spiked...
View Article19-year-old who turned down Goldman Sachs says other students are just 'lazy'
The Wharton undergraduate student who hustled his way into a Goldman Sachs internship in his freshman year and then turned it down for a hedge fund has some strong words for his fellow Ivy League...
View ArticleOnly one business on Wall Street has been growing consistently since the...
Over the past three years, the private-equity business in New York City has consistently grown, while the rest of Wall Street has either shrunk or grown in fits and starts.That's according to the...
View Article36 of the best hockey players on Wall Street
The Stanley Cup Final wrapped up this week, with the Chicago Blackhawks becoming the champions after beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 in Game 6.On Wall Street, hockey is a popular way for firms to...
View ArticleThis hedge fund manager killed it on his stake in Valeant
Activist investor Jeff Ubben, CEO of the hedge fund ValueAct Capital Management, has made a killing on his investment in the Canadian pharmaceutical company Valeant.Ubben, who is known for being even...
View ArticleThe hedge fund billionaire at war with Argentina is taking on the Samsung...
Hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer is known for pursuing his investments to the ends of the earth.Once, in an effort to squeeze money from the Argentine government, he got a Ghanaian Court to impound...
View ArticleWatch hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen eat chorizo on Guy Fieri's Food...
Notoriously private and press-shy hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen was spotted on a recent episode of Guy Fieri's Food Network show "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives."In the episode, Fieri heads to Los...
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