Month

October 2016
It is with great sadness that the PBHFA learns of hedge fund pioneer E. Lee Hennessee-Gradante sudden passing at the age of 64. From the Palm Beach Post   She was found in her $1.6 million condo Saturday, but her identity was not immediately released by police. “Lee touched us all in a way that will...
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Head honcho at Miami based, $19 billion Appaloosa Management, David Tepper, trashes both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. From Forbes by Nathan Vardi   Billionaire David Tepper, arguably the top hedge fund manager and investor of his generation, said on Monday that the presidential election represented “a fairly bad choice at the top.” A blunt...
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From The Daily News Here’s a list of Palm Beachers — full-time and seasonal — on the 2016 Forbes 400: * Industrialist David Koch, 76, with $42 billion (up from $41 billion in 2015), tied for seventh place * Investor Carl Icahn, 80, with $15.7 billion (down from $20.5 billion), in 26th place * Discount...
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