David Einhorn (hedge fund manager)

David Einhorn , an American hedge fund manager, is the founder and president of Greenlight Capital, a longshort valueoriented hedge fund. He started Greenlight Capital in 1996 with 900,000. Greenlight has generated about a 16.5 annualized return for investors. Einhorn is also the Chairman of Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd, a Cayman Islandsbased reinsurance company and is a major shareholder.

Einhorn was born to a Jewish family in New Jersey, the son of Stephen and Nancy Einhorn, The family moved to Wisconsin when he was seven. in 1987, he graduated from Nicolet High School in Glendale, Wisconsin. Einhorn graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a B.A. in Government from the College of Arts and Sciences in 1991. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Cornell. Einhorn lives in Westchester County, New York with his wife, Cheryl Strauss Einhorn, and three children.

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