Jennifer Croswell
SAC Capital Advisors
SAC Capital Advisors
Steven Cohen, the billionaire founder of Stamford, Connecticutbased SAC Capital Advisors, gets his edge from having best-in-class investment and trading talent; hiring is essential. That job falls to people like Jennifer Croswell, 30, who as a director in SACs business development unit plays an important role in the $12 billion firms success.
Although Croswell doesnt have a recruiting background, she has proved adept at identifying and hiring traders and portfolio managers. The University of Mississippi political science and English major broke into the industry in 2004 when she landed an investor relations job with Avenue Capital Group. She joined broker-dealer BTIG two years later and moved to SAC in 2009.
Click on the names below to read the profiles of the 30 talented investment professionals featured in our list of the 2011 Hedge Fund Rising Stars. | |
Name | Firm |
Eric Alt | Hall Capital Partners |
Jennifer Croswell | SAC Capital Advisors |
Clayton DeGiacinto | Axonic Capital |
Benjamin Durrant | ICG Advisors |
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 |