Lee Ainslie

Lee S. Ainslie III is the head of hedge fund Maverick Capital. Ainslee helped form the hedge fund in 1993 at the invitation of billionaire Sam Wyly.[1][2] He and other former employees of Julian Robertson's Tiger Management Corp. have been nicknamed "tiger cubs" in the hedge fund industry.[3][4][5][6] Ainslie is a value investor[7]that is particularly known for his investments in the technology sector.[8] Maverick Capital Management LP was reported to have $9 billion under management at year-end 2013.[9][10]

Biography

Prior to joining Maverick, Ainslie worked at Tiger Management Corp.[11][12] Ainslie's father was headmaster of Episcopal High School, a private school in Alexandria, Virginia from which Ainslie graduated.[13] Ainslie holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan–Flagler Business School.[11][14] He is on the board of directors of the charitable organization the Robin Hood Foundation.[15][16] Ainslie supported Mitt Romney in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.[17][18] He and his wife Elizabeth have two sons.[19]

Ainslie has been profiled in books such as Hedge Hunters, by Katherine Burton,[20] New Investment Superstars by Lois Peltz.[21] and The Big Win by Stephen Weiss.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "Comeback Kid," Institutional Investor, December 19, 2007
  2. ↑ "The World's Billionaires," Forbes, March 5, 2008
  3. ↑ "How the Tigers Cubs Stacked Up in 2013," Institutional Investor's Alpha, January 9, 2014
  4. ↑ "A calm exterior: Face to Face with Lee Ainslie," Pensions & Investments, June 11, 2007
  5. ↑ "Tiger Management Helps Next-Generation Funds," The New York Times, July 30, 2012
  6. ↑ "The Lone Star State attracts plenty of financial whizzkids," The Economist, July 30, 2011
  7. ↑ McKinsey & Co. Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance. Chapter 6. John Wiley and Sons, 2011. ISBN 0470424605, ISBN 978-0470424605.
  8. ↑ "Ainslie's Maverick Cap backfires in August," Reuters, September 11, 2011
  9. ↑ "Hedge Funds Trail Stocks by the Widest Margin Since 2005," Bloomberg, December 6, 2013
  10. ↑ "The Top 10 Hedge Funds to Watch in 2013," Worth magazine
  11. 1 2 "Maverick Capital Ltd.", Bloomberg Businessweek
  12. ↑ "Lee S. Ainslie III," Bloomberg Businessweek (profile)
  13. ↑ "Comeback Kid," Institutional Investor, December 19, 2007
  14. ↑ http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/~/media/Files/documents/mba-recruiting-finance.pdf
  15. ↑ "About," robinhood.org.
  16. ↑ "The legend of Robin Hood," Fortune magazine, September 8, 2006
  17. ↑ "Meet Mitt Romney's Hedge Fund Backers," Institutional Investor, October 12, 2012
  18. ↑ "Mitt Romney shifts campaign focus back to the economy," The Christian Science Monitor, September 14, 2012
  19. ↑ Capitalize for Kids Investors Conference 2014 (biography)
  20. ↑ Burton, Katherine. Hedge Hunters. Chapter 6. John Wiley and Sons, 2010. ISBN 0-470-88518-1, ISBN 978-0-470-88518-5.
  21. ↑ Peltz, Lois. New Investment Superstars. Chapter 5. John Wiley and Sons, 2001. ISBN 047140313X, ISBN 978-0471403135
  22. ↑ Weiss, Stephen. The Big Win. Chapter 5. John Wiley and Sons, 2012. ISBN 0470916109, ISBN 978-0470916100

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