Jill Schurtz
Robeco-Sage Capital Management
As CEO of $1.3 billion-in-assets, New York–based Robeco-Sage Capital Management, Jill Schurtz is among an elite group of new talent who are providing a desperately needed jolt to the fund-of-hedge-funds industry. Schurtz, 47, was appointed CEO of Robeco-Sage in June of last year after the firm’s previous chief executive left to join Cornell University.
She doesn’t have the background of a typical hedge fund executive. In 1986, Schurtz graduated with honors from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with a degree in strategic and diplomatic history — the first woman to receive the Commandant’s Award for leadership. After the military she went into investment banking before getting a law degree from Columbia Law School. She joined Robeco-Sage in 2008 and recently led the negotiations to find a buyer for the business, finalizing a deal with Arden Asset Management this month. The purchase is expected to close in October.
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| Clayton DeGiacinto | Axonic Capital |
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| Jennifer Fan | Arrowhawk Capital Partners |
| Joshua Fink | Enso Capital Management |
| Pierre-Henri Flamand | Edoma Capital Partners |
| Gareth Henry | Fortress Investment Group |
| Erez Kalir | Sabretooth Capital Management |
| Katie Kalvoda | Newport Wealth Management |
| Edward Keller | Morgan Stanley |
| Andrew Laurino | Credit Suisse |
| Svetlana Lee | Varna Capital |
| Gary Lehrman | Lombard Odier Investment Managers |
| Greth Lester | Perella Weinberg Partners |
| Greg Lippmann | LibreMax Capital |
| J. Jason Mitchell | GLG Partners |
| Gaurav Patankar | Lockheed Martin Investment Management Co. |
| Craig Perry | Sabretooth Capital Management |
| Scott Pittman | Mount Sinai Medical Center |
| Gregory Racz | Hutchin Hill Capital |
| Angela Samfilippo | Pine River Capital Management |
| Jill Schurtz | Robeco-Sage Capital Management |
| Jonathan Shafter | Boston Provident |
| Steven Simmons | Maxim Group |
| Scott Sinclair | Cascabel Management |
| Faisal Syed | Pamli Capital Management |
| Morgan Sze | Azentus Capital Management |
| Oliver Wiener | BTIG |
| Patrick Wolff | Grandmaster Capital Management |
