From USA Today It’s summer in the city and we all know what that means: Hedge fund billionaires head to their homes in New York’s swank Hamptons beachfront area …. with angry protesters in tow. Or so it will be this weekend for Dan Loeb, the billionaire founder of Third Point. Loeb, worth an estimated $2.5 billion, is known...Read More
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...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...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...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...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...Read More
From CNBC More than 900 billionaires have been created worldwide over the past two decades, but a new report says the billionaire boom may be about to end. The global wealth wave that has minted most of the world’s billionaires over the past 20 years could be ending in the next decade or two, said...Read More
From: Sun-Sentinel Stonegate Bank in Pompano Beach has agreed to open an account for the Cuban government, a move that could speed renewal of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba. Stonegate executives agreed to provide banking services to Cuba at the request of the U.S. State Department, a source told the Sun Sentinel. Dave...Read More
Our venture south for our final deal-making event of the 2015 Spring season was a roaring success. Dozens of hedge fund and financial professionals mingled, chatted, made deals, reconnected, and forged new friendships during the fun, but all too short event. Our organization is exponentially growing organically and I would like to thank everyone involved...Read More
Two months after spending $71.2 million on a landmark oceanfront estate in Palm Beach, billionaire hedge funder Paul Tudor Jones II signed a $53.4 million mortgage for his new property, The Real Deal has learned. The home was the last remaining piece of Casa Apava, a historic 11-acre site that was purchased by developer Dwight...Read More
