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Michael Steinhardt

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Michael Steinhardt · Economics & Business

What

Co-founder of Steinhardt Partners, one of the earliest and most successful hedge funds (24.5% annualized over 28 years); co-founder of Birthright Israel.

When

1940, United States

Where

United States

Founded
Steinhardt Partners1967
Biography

Michael Steinhardt is recognized among Israeli contributors to Economics & Business — Co-founder of Steinhardt Partners, one of the earliest and most successful hedge funds (24.5% annualized over 28 years); co-founder of Birthright Israel.

How & why

Michael Steinhardt is an American investor and philanthropist born in 1940 to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York. He co-founded Steinhardt Partners, one of the earliest and most successful hedge funds, reportedly returning around 24 percent annualized over nearly three decades. A major philanthropist, he co-founded Birthright Israel, which funds heritage trips to Israel for young Jewish adults.

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Co-founder of Steinhardt Partners, one of the earliest and most successful hedge funds (24.5% annualized over 28 years); co-founder of Birthright Israel.

1940

Source: Wikipedia (Michael Steinhardt)