Hedge Fund/Private Equity Billionaires

24/05/2024

New York City’s Blue Owl Inc. is a relatively new name in the world of private capital, but it is run by veterans of the business. https://trib.al/pyZCQJL

15/05/2024

10/05/2024

Jim Simons’ brilliant mind made him a legend in finance, but his most important investments came through philanthropy, including all the work he and Marilyn led together through the Simons Foundation. As founder of Math for America, a major benefactor for Stony Brook University, a supporter of scientific innovation, and a funder of the fight against climate change, Jim was a force for progress on many of the most pressing challenges we face. The New York Climate Exchange on Governors Island that he was instrumental in founding, an effort Bloomberg Philanthropies was glad to support, will help ensure that his impact will continue to grow for many decades to come.

04/05/2024

Steve Schwarzman’s guiding philosophy has always been to “go big,” and despite having surpassed $1 trillion in assets, he isn't finished expanding Blackstone.

23/04/2024

Hedge funder Larry Robbins is the latest New York billionaire moving to Florida. He warns the Big Apple’s wealth exodus could have dire consequences.

19/04/2024

Vista Equity Partners, Robert Smith’s private equity firm, is closing on more than $20 billion for its eighth flagship fund

03/04/2024

Billionaire Steve Cohen said he expects that more businesses will move to a four-day work week, one of the reasons he’s made investments in golf.

06/02/2024

With $1 trillion in assets and unrivaled returns, the private equity giant has conquered Wall Street, but its 76-year old founder, Steve Schwarzman, isn’t finished. He wants total domination overseas as well— and the firm’s crown prince, Jonathan Gray, has built an ingenious weapon targeting vast amounts of global wealth.

http://on.forbes.com/6189p70a9

03/02/2024

The bidding war for Paramount begins, as billionaire Byron Allen has stepped forward with a ~$14 billion offer for the company (stock is up 20% on the news) - https://bit.ly/3HHrTbs

31/01/2024

One Equity Partners (“OEP”), a middle-market private equity firm, today announced that Greg Belinfanti has been named President of the firm. Belinfanti has been…

31/01/2024

After donating $500 million to Harvard, Citadel CEO Ken Griffin said he won't be financially supporting the Ivy League school anymore.

31/01/2024

Kravis spoke to Arijit Barman on a range of topics that included US jobs and capital markets and the impact on deal-making, exits, PE consolidation and where in India KKR, one of the world's biggest private equity firms, will make the next big investment. From cyber security to data centres and fina...

24/01/2024

No other hedge fund comes close to Ken Griffin’s $74 billion in all-time gains, according to a new LCH Investments report ranking the top 20 all-time managers, but one British fund generated more gains in 2023. https://trib.al/qauyWms

15/01/2024

The acquisition of GIP, which manages $100 billion, is the biggest deal in more than a decade for BlackRock.

22/11/2023

Kneeland Youngblood, 67, lodged the fierce lawsuit against multinational oil company ConocoPhillips over the disputed ranch land, which is 60 miles southeast of San Antonio in Karnes County.

10/11/2023

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son said he "fell in love with WeWork" en route to $11.5 billion in equity losses and another $2.2 billion in debt still on the line.

09/11/2023

The Amazon founder's estate could save about $32 billion in taxes by relocating to Miami.

24/10/2023

The hedge-fund manager’s 50,000-square-foot Palm Beach mansion will be worth a whopping $1 billion when complete.

03/10/2023

However, Ackman — who is worth $3.6 billion as of Sunday — told the WSJ he doesn't know if X is interested, or if the deal is doable.

03/10/2023

"If you want to be a successful investor over time and you find a handful of great businesses, doing nothing but owning them is an amazing strategy."

25/09/2023

(Bloomberg) -- Jon Corzine will shutter the hedge fund he started after the collapse of MF Global Holdings, marking the end of his bid to rebound from one of the largest bankruptcies in US history. Most Read from BloombergChinese Gold Buying Is Driving a Paradigm Shift in BullionStocks Flash Recessi...

25/09/2023

The CEO of investment management firm Renaissance Technologies recently spoke about his unusual leadership practices.

14/09/2023

06/09/2023

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo agreed to acquire health-records software company NextGen Healthcare Inc.

04/08/2023

Carl Icahn’s fortune fell $2.7 billion Friday after the activist investor made corporate changes in tacit response to a short seller’s scathing report published three months ago.

26/06/2023

Glenn Dubin became a billionaire by investing in the strongest macro tailwinds. Today he’s bullish on energy, fintech and artificial intelligence.

08/05/2023

Buffett reassured investors at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting that he believes Abel is the right man for the job.

03/05/2023

Shares of Icahn’s holding company plunged 9% to a multiyear low after the report.

27/04/2023

Citadel boss Ken Griffin is leading a new generation of billionaires in finance, followed by Susquehanna's Jeff Yass and Binance's Changpeng Zhao, according to Bloomberg.