Erez Kalir
Sabretooth Capital Management
In May, Erez Kalir, co-founder of multistrategy hedge fund firm Sabretooth Capital Management, was one of 17 speakers at the Ira Sohn Investment Conference. Held in New York, this annual event — where financiers are invited to present investment ideas to raise money for charity — is known for attracting some of the hedge fund industry’s biggest names. Among the headliners this year were activist investor Carl Icahn and Cerberus Capital Management founder Steve Feinberg.
But it was Kalir, 39, who, in a presentation that included an analysis of why to invest now in troubled bond insurer MBIA, gave one of the best talks. Although the Rhodes scholar is able to match more-lauded investment pros blow by blow, Kalir prefers the company of policy wonks and academics or George, his rescued dachshund, who can be found in the offices of Sabretooth, which Kalir and fellow Rising Star Craig Perry launched in 2009.
Click on the names below to read the profiles of the 30 talented investment professionals featured in our list of the 2011 Hedge Fund Rising Stars. | |
Name | Firm |
Eric Alt | Hall Capital Partners |
Jennifer Croswell | SAC Capital Advisors |
Clayton DeGiacinto | Axonic Capital |
Benjamin Durrant | ICG Advisors |
Jennifer Fan | Arrowhawk Capital Partners |
Joshua Fink | Enso Capital Management |
Pierre-Henri Flamand | Edoma Capital Partners |
Gareth Henry | Fortress Investment Group |
Erez Kalir | Sabretooth Capital Management |
Katie Kalvoda | Newport Wealth Management |
Edward Keller | Morgan Stanley |
Andrew Laurino | Credit Suisse |
Svetlana Lee | Varna Capital |
Gary Lehrman | Lombard Odier Investment Managers |
Greth Lester | Perella Weinberg Partners |
Greg Lippmann | LibreMax Capital |
J. Jason Mitchell | GLG Partners |
Gaurav Patankar | Lockheed Martin Investment Management Co. |
Craig Perry | Sabretooth Capital Management |
Scott Pittman | Mount Sinai Medical Center |
Gregory Racz | Hutchin Hill Capital |
Angela Samfilippo | Pine River Capital Management |
Jill Schurtz | Robeco-Sage Capital Management |
Jonathan Shafter | Boston Provident |
Steven Simmons | Maxim Group |
Scott Sinclair | Cascabel Management |
Faisal Syed | Pamli Capital Management |
Morgan Sze | Azentus Capital Management |
Oliver Wiener | BTIG |
Patrick Wolff | Grandmaster Capital Management |