Bruce Kovner

Bruce Kovner
Born (1945-02-25) February 25, 1945 (age 79)[1][2]
New York City, U.S.
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationHedge fund manager
Known forFounder, Caxton Associates
Spouse(s)Sarah Peter (divorced)
Suzie Fairchild
Children3 (including Rachel)

Bruce Stanley Kovner (born April 25 1946) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist. He is chairman of CAM Capital, which he established in January 2012 to manage his investment, trading and business activities. From 1983 through 2011, Kovner was founder and chairman of Caxton Associates, a diversified trading company.[3] As of April 2024, his net worth was estimated at US$7.7 billion.[4]

Kovner is chairman of the Juilliard School[5][6] and vice chairman of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.[7] He is on the boards of the Metropolitan Opera,[8] and American Enterprise Institute.[9]

  1. ^ Juilliard Chairman Donates Trove of Rare Artifacts. NPR
  2. ^ Bloomberg L.P. (2014) Bio for Bruce Kovner. Retrieved March 7, 2014 from Bloomberg Finance L.P.
  3. ^ "Caxton Associates". StreetInsider.com. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  4. ^ "Forbes profile: Bruce Kovner". Forbes. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  5. ^ Times, Andrew Travers | The Aspen (10 May 2017). "Damian Woetzel to leave Aspen Institute and Vail Dance Festival to serve as president of Juilliard School". www.aspentimes.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  6. ^ "Bruce Kovner at The Juilliard School". www.juilliard.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  7. ^ "The 25 richest people in New York, ranked". Business Insider India.
  8. ^ "Board of Directors,"MetOpera.org, retrieved June 16, 2020.
  9. ^ "Board of Trustees,"aei.org, retrieved June 18, 2020.