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Michael Steinhardt
Michael H. Steinhardt (born December 7, 1940) is an American hedge fund manager, financier, investor, newspaper publisher, and philanthropist active in Jewish causes. He was one of the first prominent hedge fund managers, and is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He founded Steinhardt, Fine, Berkowitz & Co., a hedge fund, in 1967. Author Sebastian Mallaby referred to Steinhardt as "a legend in the story of hedge funds, partly because of his success as a trader, but also because of his personality."
American investor, financier, philanthropist and hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt has an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion in 2012. He is known to be the founder of the hedge fund company, Steinhardt, Fine, Berkowitz & Co. He acquired most of his net worth from his diverse business investments as well as from serving as the Chairman of IDT Corporation and Wisdom Tree.
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JNS.org
April 18, 2018
(April 18, 2018 / JNS) Michael Steinhardt, the co-founder and major supporter of Birthright Israel—a program that has brought more than 600,000 Jewish young adults from around the world to Israel for free 10-day heritage trips—gave the middle finger to a group of anti-Israel, anti-Birthright activists outside a gala BirthrightÃâà...
Haaretz
April 17, 2018
NEW YORK – One of the founders of Birthright Israel described a group of protesters outside his organization's annual gala event on Sunday as “left-wing, stupid young Jews.” Michael Steinhardt, 77, flipped the bird to the demonstrators, who were mainly from the group Jewish Voice for Peace. skip - JewishÃâà...
Haaretz
April 16, 2018
Michael Steinhardt, the co-founder and major funder of Birthright Israel, flashed his middle finger at protesters outside a gala dinner in honor of the 18th anniversary of the free trip to Israel for young Jewish men and women. More than 150 students from colleges in the New York and New England areasÃâà...
Forward
April 16, 2018
(JTA) — Michael Steinhardt, the co-founder and major funder of Birthright Israel, flashed his middle finger at protesters outside a gala dinner in honor of the 18th anniversary of the free trip to Israel for young Jewish men and women. More than 150 students from colleges in the New York and New EnglandÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
April 2, 2018
In many cases, this is a mental block. It is far more comfortable to be part of a crowd unifying behind a consensus, and a contrarian investment that does not pay off can be catastrophic. Wall Street legend Michael Steinhardt, 77, built a fortune on going against the grain, and crucially, being right about it.
ValueWalk
March 21, 2018
Michael Steinhardt. "In 1981 the public should have seen Volcker's jacking up of short-term rates to 21 percent as a very positive move, which would bring down long-term inflation and push up bond and stock prices." Stanley Druckenmiller. "When I purchased long-term zero-coupon bonds in the earlyÃâà...
Observer
March 9, 2018
Vulturous reporters in street clothes crammed behind a velvet rope to jockey for photographs of former Olympic athlete Caitlyn Jenner, former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, Birthright co-founder Michael Steinhardt and Florida Congressman Ron DeSantis.
Art Newspaper
March 8, 2018
Over the past year, the Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance has stepped up seizures of allegedly looted artefacts, some worth millions of dollars, with highly publicised raids targeting the billionaire collector Michael Steinhardt, Phoenix Ancient Art gallery and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There mayÃâà...
artnet News
March 2, 2018
Local collectors such as financier Michael Steinhardt, filmmaker Woody Allen, and actor Steve Martin were all seen browsing the aisles. But that traffic came at the expense of buyers from out of town, many of whom are only scheduled to arrive for the Armory Show. Miami real-estate tycoon Martin MarguliesÃâà...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
March 2, 2018
“We believe that Hebrew language facility gives American Jews a new focus for Jewish identity that is content rich but theologically neutral,” said Rabbi David Gedzelman, president and CEO of The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life, whose chair, Michael Steinhardt, co-chairs Areivim. “Giving kids realÃâà...
The Electronic Intifada (blog)
February 28, 2018
The buyers, unusually identified in this case, are American hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt, a major donor and co-founder of Birthright Israel – the program that doles out free trips to Israel in an attempt to foster Zionist commitment and eventual emigration by young American Jews – and his partnerÃâà...
artnet News
January 8, 2018
Investigators from the Manhattan district attorney's office seized at least nine works of suspected looted ancient art from the home and office of retired hedge-fund billionaire Michael Steinhardt on Friday, the New York Times reports. The seizure is the latest chapter in a recent crackdown on antiquitiesÃâà...
Commercial Observer
December 31, 1999
While he was working on 75 West Street (now known as Post Towers), Fried happened to meet billionaire hedge fund pioneer Michael Steinhardt. Steinhardt, a now 77-year-old philanthropist who contributes millions to Jewish causes and co-founded Birthright Israel, is famous for trying to play shadchanÃâà...
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