Introducing the Institutional Investor Hedge Fund Rising Stars of 2018

A former Lone Pine partner and an investment officer for the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois are among this year’s crop of hedge fund up-and-comers.

Illustration by II.

Illustration by II.

Institutional Investor, along with its sister publication Alpha, today announced the 2018 Hedge Fund Rising Stars, a list of up-and-comers in the hedge fund industry.

The Rising Stars represent people who work for hedge funds as well as people who work for allocators that invest in hedge funds. They are nominated by their colleagues and industry peers and will be honored at Institutional Investor’s 16th annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards gala dinner ceremony, taking place at the Mandarin Oriental in New York on Thursday, June 28. The complete list of Hedge Fund Rising Stars is below. For more information about the dinner and how to attend, please visit the awards website.

Angela Aldrich, Teca Partners

Steven Boyd, Armistice Capital

Sarah Carne, Future Fund Management Agency (Australia)

Charmaine Chin, K2 Advisors

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Lawrence Cinamon, Aksia

Julie Hong Clayton, TPG Capital

Jesse Cohn, Elliott Management

Lucy DeStefano, Soros Fund Management (beginning October 2018)

Andy Frank, Fortress Investment Group

Jamil French, Stonegate Global Fund Services

Ryan Israel, Pershing Square Capital Management

Lauren Jacobson, Columbia Investment Management Company

Brian Jandrucko, The Church Pension Fund

Jay Kahn, Light Street Capital

Ela Karahasanoglu, ‎Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO)

Jane Kim, Canyon Partners

Woodrow Levin, 3.0 Capital

Amish Mehta, SQN Investors

Darrel Pfeifauf, Summit Strategies Group

Li Ran, Half Sky Capital

David Rosen, Rubric Capital Management

Josh Segal, Paloma Partners

Sheetal Sharma, Tourbillon Capital Partners

Ed Shim, Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois

Noah Snyder, Incline Global

Jamie Sterne, Skye Global Management

Jet Theriac, Lanternback Capital

Justin Udelhofen, Durant Partners

Keith Weiner, Suvretta Capital Management

Chris Winiarz, Lakeview Capital

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