Steven A. Cohen
Trader, Organization founder
1956 –
Who is Steven A. Cohen?
Steven A. Cohen is an American hedge fund manager. He is the founder of SAC Capital Advisors, a Stamford, Connecticut-based hedge fund focusing primarily on equity market strategies.
He has an estimated net worth of $11.1 billion as of May 2014, ranked by Forbes as the 106th richest man in the world. Cohen is 35th overall in the U.S. In November 2012, he began to be implicated in a large criminal insider trading scandal. In July 2013, SAC was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with failing to prevent insider trading. In November 2013, SAC Capital agreed to plead guilty, stop managing funds for outsiders, and pay a $1.2 billion fine.
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- Born
- Jun 11, 1956
Great Neck - Also known as
- Steven Cohen
- Spouses
- Religion
- Judaism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Economics
- Bachelor's degree, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
- Employment
- Point72 Asset Management
(1992 - ) - Gruntal & Co.
(1984 - 1991) - Junior Trader, Options Arbitrage Department, Gruntal & Co.
(1978 - 1984)
- Point72 Asset Management
- Lived in
- Greenwich
- Great Neck
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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