Bruce Kovner
Founder at Caxton Alternative Management LP
Profile
Bruce Stanley Kovner (born 1945 in Bronx, New York) is an American businessman. He is the founder and Chairman of Caxton Associates, a hedge fund that trades a global macro strategy and is considered amongst the worlds top and largest 10 hedge funds with an estimated $14 billion under management .
Described as secretive even by family and friends, the divorcee is perhaps one of the least known New York City billionaires outside of professional circles. His Caxton Associates, despite the large amount of assets under management, is known to be amongst the top 25 most enigmatic and secretive hedge funds globally.
Bruce Kovner grew up in the San Fernando Valley, where his father had moved the family in 1953. Early on, he was a high achiever, becoming a Merit Scholar. He was the student-body president of Van Nuys High School at 16, and an accomplished basketball player.
Philanthropy and politics
A patron of the arts and a particular devotee of opera (he is on the board of the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center), Kovner is an avid collector of rare books and classical music manuscripts and has given millions to art projects and art institutions, notably the Juilliard School (of which he is Chairman). Kovner donated $20 million to Juilliard in 2012 to endow the school's graduate program in historical performance. He is a primary funder of the expansion of Lincoln Center and the publisher of many works, including what some consider the finest modern illustrated bible. He is also founder and Chairman of the School Choice Scholarships Foundation, which awards scholarships to financially disadvantaged youth in New York City.
Kovner has contributed extensively to conservative causes. In January of 2012 he donated around $500,000 to Restore our Future, a Super PAC supporting the presidential campaign of Mitt Romney. He is the former chairman of the board of trustees of the American Enterprise Institute. His close acquaintances include former Vice President Dick Cheney, the founder of Fairchild Publications, now a division of Condé Nast Publications.
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Bruce Kovner active positions
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The Juilliard School
The Juilliard School Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services The Juilliard School operates as an art school. It provides artistic education for musicians, dancers, and actors. The company was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Chairman | - |
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. provides entertainment services. It offers dance, music, film, opera, theater, family, and festivals and programs. The company was founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower on May 14, 1959 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
School Choice Scholarships Foundation | Founder | 24/07/2009 |
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. organizes and performs opera shows in its residence at the Lincoln Center of Performing Arts. The firm offers services in association with sponsors, such as Texaco. It produces radio, television and compact disk recordings of the performances and distributes them around the world. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research provides industrial design services. AEI produces articles from economics, law, political science, defense and foreign policy studies, ethics, theology, health care, and other fields. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Director/Board Member | 15/11/2010 |
Institute for Advanced Study, Inc.
Institute for Advanced Study, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Institute for Advanced Study is a renowned center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry located in Princeton, NJ. The institute engages with the greater Princeton community through public lectures, concerts, and events, and extends its influence beyond academia through innovative programs designed to inspire and educate. The institute is dedicated to independent study across the sciences and humanities, with a community of scholars that includes over eight thousand members who have influenced entire fields of study. The school of natural sciences includes nine permanent faculty and approximately fifty postdoctoral researchers working on frontier topics in various fields. The school of social science takes a multidisciplinary and international perspective on social research. The school of historical studies supports all learning for which historical methods are appropriate. | Director/Board Member | - |
Caxton Alternative Management LP
Caxton Alternative Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Caxton Alternative Management LP (do-business-as CAM Capital) is a single-family office which was founded in 2012 by Bruce Kovner following his retirement from Caxton Associates, the macro hedge fund he founded and managed from 1983 to 2011. Headquartered in New York City, CAM Capital manages assets exclusively for entities related to Mr. Kovner and its senior employees. | Founder | 01/01/2012 |
KFO Holdings LLC | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous The Thomas B. Fordham Institute engages in promotion of education. It offers assessments of student learning, and common-sense accountability for schools and children across the achievement spectrum; education options and school-performance information for every family; and A student-centered system that provides clear pathways to upward mobility, good citizenship, and successful participation in adult society. The company was founded by Thelma Fordham Pruett in 1959 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Bruce Kovner
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Training of Bruce Kovner
Harvard College | Undergraduate Degree |
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Caxton Associates LP
Caxton Associates LP Investment ManagersFinance Caxton Associates LP (Caxton) is an independent, SEC- registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded as the successor to Caxton Corp., which was founded in 1983 by Bruce Kovner. Caxton serves directly or indirectly as general partner, manager or advisor to several domestic and foreign private investment funds, and as a trading advisor to several foreign private investment funds. | Finance |
Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. discovers, develops and commercializes pharmaceutical products. It focuses on the research, development and commercialization of oncology medicines that provides treatment to cancer patients. The company is also developing a proprietary platform for delivery of anti-cancer drugs directly to tumor cells, known as Hsp90-inhibitor drug conjugates. Synta Pharmaceuticals was founded by Safi R. Bahcall and Lan-Bo Chen in March 2000 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA. | Health Technology |
Caxton Corp.
Caxton Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Caxton Corp. is an independent investment advisory firm headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. It was founded by Bruce S. Kovner in 1983. The firm serves directly or indirectly as general partner, manager or advisor to several domestic and foreign private investment funds, and as a trading advisor to several foreign private investment funds. | Finance |
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. organizes and performs opera shows in its residence at the Lincoln Center of Performing Arts. The firm offers services in association with sponsors, such as Texaco. It produces radio, television and compact disk recordings of the performances and distributes them around the world. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Consumer Services |
Commodities Corp. Ltd.
Commodities Corp. Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Part of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Commodities Corp. Ltd. is a money manager that invests in commodities and futures. The private company is based in NJ. Commodities Corp. was acquired by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from Stockton Holdings Ltd. on June 03, 1997 for $100 million. | Finance |
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. provides entertainment services. It offers dance, music, film, opera, theater, family, and festivals and programs. The company was founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower on May 14, 1959 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Consumer Services |
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous The Thomas B. Fordham Institute engages in promotion of education. It offers assessments of student learning, and common-sense accountability for schools and children across the achievement spectrum; education options and school-performance information for every family; and A student-centered system that provides clear pathways to upward mobility, good citizenship, and successful participation in adult society. The company was founded by Thelma Fordham Pruett in 1959 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Miscellaneous |
Institute for Advanced Study, Inc.
Institute for Advanced Study, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Institute for Advanced Study is a renowned center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry located in Princeton, NJ. The institute engages with the greater Princeton community through public lectures, concerts, and events, and extends its influence beyond academia through innovative programs designed to inspire and educate. The institute is dedicated to independent study across the sciences and humanities, with a community of scholars that includes over eight thousand members who have influenced entire fields of study. The school of natural sciences includes nine permanent faculty and approximately fifty postdoctoral researchers working on frontier topics in various fields. The school of social science takes a multidisciplinary and international perspective on social research. The school of historical studies supports all learning for which historical methods are appropriate. | Commercial Services |
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research provides industrial design services. AEI produces articles from economics, law, political science, defense and foreign policy studies, ethics, theology, health care, and other fields. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Commercial Services |
School Choice Scholarships Foundation | |
Caxton Alternative Management LP
Caxton Alternative Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Caxton Alternative Management LP (do-business-as CAM Capital) is a single-family office which was founded in 2012 by Bruce Kovner following his retirement from Caxton Associates, the macro hedge fund he founded and managed from 1983 to 2011. Headquartered in New York City, CAM Capital manages assets exclusively for entities related to Mr. Kovner and its senior employees. | Finance |
KFO Holdings LLC |
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