From South Florida Business Journal A company controlled by Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel bought a Palm Beach mansion for $15.25 million – snaring five properties on the same street of the wealthy island. Tracy Kamenstein Markin, the widow of an automotive executive, sold the 10,873-square-foot house at 70 Blossom Way to CPPB Holdings, an affiliate of the hedge fund led by Kenneth Griffin. It was...Read More
From Palm Beach Daily News By Shannon Donnelly Daily News Society Editor Yet one more indication that Palm Beach is the money center of the universe: In a new Forbes.com piece on the “20 Richest Families in America,” 11 – yes, 11 – of them have ties to Palm Beach. The names include Koch (live here), Cox (live here), Hearst (used to live here), Fidelity’s...Read More
From Politico TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Rep. Alan Grayson manages hedge funds that use his name in their title, a practice prohibited by congressional ethics rules designed to prevent members from using their elected post for financial gain. The specific ethics provisions tied to the funds Grayson manages, two of which are based in the Cayman Islands, sit in a sort of gray area and...Read More
From NYT Jean Pigozzi, the venture capitalist and art collector, was lounging by the pool at his villa in Cap d’Antibes early this month, enjoying a rare break from what he calls “the circuit.” After attending the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, he flew to the TED ideas conference in Vancouver, mingling with the likes of Yuri Milner, the tech investor, and Larry...Read More
From CTPost.com “Connecticut’s one of the most beautiful states around, but I live in Florida because it’s a better place to do business,” said Scott, a former Greenwich resident and former venture capitalist. Since he was elected governor in 2010, Scott said he has added 879,000 jobs in Florida and reduced unemployment from 11.2 percent to 5.7 percent, boasting that hedge funds and other Connecticut...Read More
