Manuel P. Asensio

Who is Manuel P. Asensio?

Manuel P. Asensio is a money manager in New York best known for his work as an activist short-seller. He is the Founder, Chairman and President of Asensio & Company, Inc. an investment firm establishd in 1992. In 2009 MAsensio co-founded the Alliance for Economic Stability, Inc., an organization. Since 2000, Asensio and his firm have been subject to regulatory sanctions by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

He is also the author of a book about his work entitled Sold Short: Uncovering Deception in the Markets.

Asensio earned a Bachelors of Science in Economics degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and attended Harvard Business School where he was the roommate of John Paulson. He traded while a student at Harvard Business School, and established Boca Raton Investment Corp. as his own trading firm when he graduated in 1982. He went to work for Bear Stearns in 1986.