William Blank
William Blank is the Founding Partner and Portfolio Manager of Squadron Capital Management (“SCM”), a firm dedicated to investing in publicly traded micro- to mid-cap therapeutics companies. With deep expertise in therapeutic development and equity capital markets, SCM employs a thorough, repeatable diligence process, enabled by its bespoke analytics and idea generation platform, in order…
Ryan Cohen
Ryan Cohen is the Founder and President of Cohen Capital Value LLC (“CCV”), a value-oriented hedge fund established in 2021. CCV is a fundamental long/short equity fund that primarily focuses on small and mid-cap stocks in North America and Europe. The fund’s sector-agnostic investment strategy centers on identifying misunderstood, high-quality assets at inflection points, with…
Sherrese Clarke Soares
Sherrese Clarke Soares is a visionary 2-time Founder & CEO having spent over 20 years in corporate finance, capital markets, investment banking, and private equity. Prior to starting HarbourView, Sherrese Clarke Soares founded Tempo Music where she served as CEO and Board Director. At Tempo, Sherrese formed a strategic partnership with Warner Music Group, brought…
Eric Sanchez
Eric Sanchez is a Portfolio Manager at Point72, based in San Francisco, where he leads a Technology, Media, and Telecom team specializing in semiconductors, software, and networking. Eric joined Point72 in 2019. Prior to joining our firm, he was a co-founding partner at Lanternback Capital, where he led Technology and Industrial investments. Eric previously worked…
Ted Seides
Ted Seides, CFA is the founder of Capital Allocators, a platform that includes podcasts, gatherings (Capital Allocators Summits and Capital Allocators University), advising allocators and managers, and investing. He launched the Capital Allocators podcast in 2017. The show reached 15 million downloads in April 2023 and was recognized as the top institutional investing podcast. Ted…
Tom Ricketts
Tom Ricketts is the Executive Chairman of the Chicago Cubs. He is also the Chairman of securities underwriting and distribution firm InspereX. Tom founded Incapital, later renamed InspereX, in 1999 and was the CEO of the firm through 2009. During that period Tom was named to Institutional Investor Magazine’s “40 Most Influential in E-Finance” five…
Ian H. Charles
Ian H. Charles is a Managing Partner at Arctos Partners. In addition to his investment responsibilities, Mr. Charles directs investment strategy, firm governance and investor relations for Arctos Partners. Prior to the formation of Arctos Partners, Mr. Charles served as a member of the private equity and infrastructure investment committees and Partner at Landmark Partners,…
C.C. Melvin Ike
C. C. Melvin Ike (“Mel”) is the Founder and Managing Partner of The Visualize Group, an investment firm that makes high-conviction and long-duration investments in generationally enduring businesses as a control or lead, non-control investor. Prior to founding Visualize, Mel was a Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities Group at Blackstone, where he focused primarily…
Dan Sundheim
Daniel Sundheim is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of D1 Capital Partners. D1 is a global investment firm that operates across public and private markets. The firm combines the talent and operational excellence of a large, premier asset management firm with the flexible mandate and long-term time horizon of a family office. Founded in…
Mala Gaonkar
Mala Gaonkar, Founder and Chief Investment Officer: Prior to founding SurgoCap, Mala was a founding partner of Lone Pine Capital LLC (“Lone Pine”) in 1998. In 2001, she was named portfolio manager for Lone Pine’s technology, media, internet, and telecommunications exposure. She gained further responsibility across sectors through her role as co-portfolio manager of Lone…
Jason Perlioni
Jason Perlioni became the second Vice President of Investments and Chief Investment Officer for Johns Hopkins University in June 2017. In this role, Mr. Perlioni oversees all aspects of the investment program for over $9 billion of endowment and other investment assets for the University and affiliated organizations. The Chief Investment Officer is accountable to…
Matt Halbower
Matt is the Founder, CEO, CIO, and Portfolio Manager of Pentwater Capital Management. Matt’s experience in event driven investing comes from his years as a Portfolio Manager of event driven trading and distressed securities at Deephaven Capital Management, from his experience as the founder of the Deephaven Event Fund, and from his years of experience…