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York Capital Management

Billionaire James Dinan knows a thing or two about resilience. Four years after losing his life savings in the Black Monday stock market crash of 1987, he launched York Capital Management, an event-driven hedge fund firm. Since 1991, York Capital has become one of the top performing hedge funds in the world. Portfolio managers at the New York-based firm, which was launched with just $3.6 million from Dinan's former colleagues at investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, have multiplied firm assets by 4,166 percent since inception. The financial crisis of 2008, however, shattered York Capital's previous years of rapid growth...

Back to Hedge Fund 100 Firm Profile Ranking 29. York Capital Management / $16.2 billion Location: New York, NY Founded: 1991 2016 Hedge Fund 100 Rank: No. 23 2016 Capital: $22.3 billion 2015 Hedge Fund 100 Rank: No. 20 2015 Capital: $22.7 billion Years on List: 16 Website: www.yorkcapital.com Address: 767 Fifth Avenue 17th FloorNew York, NY 10153 Phone: 212-300-1300 Fax: 212-300-1301 Other Offices: London and

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