Talk:Steven A. Cohen

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Why is the page called "Steven A. Cohen"? Yeah, I know "SAC" is his initials but "ESL" is Edward Lampert's initials and nobody calls him "Edward S. Lampert". I think it should be simply "Steven Cohen".

What is wrong with this page Antares33712? It is wikified.

It seems to be a page of quality to me (but of course I wrote it.)

I agree, and took off the tags. Also added a reference (although he stays out of the media limelight, any other references would be very welcome) Afelton 20:06, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Special Privileges 2 Would the contributor explain this line? 3 Year. 4 Secrecy 5 Net Worth

[edit] Special Privileges

I agree that the alleged "special privileges" given to SAC are noteworthy, but I tried to tone down the prose into encyclopedic style, hope that's OK. Afelton 01:22, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Would the contributor explain this line?

Photographs of the hedge fund manager are not available because Cohen has carefully cultivated an air of mystery. This helps him to ingratiate himself with the media, which frequently uses him as a source of information. [1].

The citation is interesting and a good contribution, but nowhere in the citation does it mention this reasoning. Furthermore, how can the media use him as a source of information if he is so secretive? This line begs to be revised, deleted, or at least defended by whoever wrote it. (Tvwatcher 03:56, 30 April 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Year.

Hi, I happened to notice that there is some problems in the article. I mean, there is question mark on his birth year. Does Question mark indicate tentative? Regards.Daniel's page ☎ 06:33, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Secrecy

I Changed the secrecy section, the link source mentioned nothing about armed guards, and he was on the front page of the Sept 16 06 Wall street journal,so while he isnt so forthcoming to the media, neither is he a recluse, the article has a photo of him eating at a local hot dog stand.

[edit] Net Worth

Near the beginning and end, the article reports two different net worths: $3B and $5B. The number should be consistent.

Agreed. A user has changed his net worth to an unsourced amount. Who knows, Cohen's net worth could be $5 billion instead of $3 billion but the Forbes info says otherwise and without a source it shouldn't be included. --Tvwatcher 22:17, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

It should be noted that while he does have seven children, two of them from a previous marriage live in New York City.