The 20 rising hedge fund stars - MY HIGHLIGHTS

Via Opalesque, comes Institutional Investor’s list of the top 20 rising stars of the hedge fund world.

They offer the following points of note:

• 55 per cent work in New York, 10 per cent in London and 10 per cent in Asia (the remainder work elsewhere in the US)
• 40 per cent founded or co-founded their firms
• The average age of nominees is 37 (the youngest being 28 years old and the eldest being 42)
• Women represent 20 per cent of the group
• One nominee is an MD and another did not attend college

Here are the names, with pictures and profile available here:

1. Lawrence Abele, Auriel Capital Management, 40
2. Jennifer Coffey, HRJ Capital, 36
3. Uwe Eberle, Man Investments, 42
4. David Fiszel, Rhombus Capital Management, 34
5. Elizabeth R Flisser, Capital Z Investment Partners, 33
6. Ravi Gopalakrishnan, Hudson Fairfax Group, 40
7. Alissa Grad, DB Zwirn, 28
8. Anne Dias Griffin, Aragon Global Management, 36 (They rise above mentioning her famous husband - yes, that Griffin)
9. Andrew A F Hack, Carlyle-Blue Wave Partners, 33
10. Eric Hage, Mohican Financial Management, 42
11. James J Higgins, Sorin Capital Management, 39
12. Moe Ibrahim, The Asian Debt Fund, 32
13. Steve Keeling, KI Asset Management, 38
14. J Alan Lenahan, Fund Evaluation Group, 32
15. Kevin McCarthy, Carlson Capital, 42
16. Keith Pagan, GEM Capital, 40
17. Thomas C Priore, Institutional Credit Partners, 37
18. Stephen Roseman, Thesis Capital Management, 36
19. Steven A Tananbaum, GoldenTree Asset Management, 42
20. Whitney Tilson, T2 Partners, 40

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