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Lee S. Ainslie III is the head of hedge fund Maverick Capital. He is a value investor[2] that is particularly known for his investments in the technology sector.[3]

Early life and education[edit]

Ainslie’s father was headmaster of Episcopal High School, a private school in Alexandria, Virginia from which Ainslie graduated.[4] Ainslie holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan–Flagler Business School.[5][6]

Prior to joining Maverick, Ainslie worked at Tiger Management Corp,[5][7] where he and other former employees had been nicknamed “tiger cubs” in the hedge fund industry.[8][9][10][11] Ainslie helped form Maverick Capital in 1993 at the invitation of billionaire Sam Wyly.[12][13] Maverick Capital Management LP was reported to have $9 billion under management at year-end 2013.[14][15]

Ainslie has been profiled in books such as Hedge Hunters, by Katherine Burton,[16]New Investment Superstars by Lois Peltz.[17] and The Big Win by Stephen Weiss.[18]

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Ainslie supported Mitt Romney in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.[19][20] He is on the board of directors of the charitable organization the Robin Hood Foundation.[21][22]

Personal life[edit]

He and his wife Elizabeth have two sons.[23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b “PORTFOLIO-MANAGER MIT 14 – LEE AINSLIE”. Traderfox. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  2. ^ McKinsey & Co. Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance. Chapter 6. John Wiley and Sons, 2011. ISBN 0470424605, ISBN 978-0470424605.
  3. ^ “Ainslie’s Maverick Cap backfires in August,” Reuters, September 11, 2011
  4. ^ “Comeback Kid,” Institutional Investor, December 19, 2007
  5. ^ a b “Maverick Capital Ltd.”, Bloomberg Businessweek
  6. ^ “Archived copy” (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2013-04-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ “Lee S. Ainslie III,”[dead link] Bloomberg Businessweek (profile)
  8. ^ “Institutional Investor”. Institutional Investor. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  9. ^ “A calm exterior: Face to Face with Lee Ainslie,” Pensions & Investments, June 11, 2007
  10. ^ “Tiger Management Helps Next-Generation Funds,” The New York Times, July 30, 2012
  11. ^ “The Lone Star State attracts plenty of financial whizzkids,” The Economist, July 30, 2011
  12. ^ “Comeback Kid,” Institutional Investor, December 19, 2007
  13. ^ “The World’s Billionaires,” Forbes, March 5, 2008
  14. ^ “Hedge Funds Trail Stocks by the Widest Margin Since 2005,” Bloomberg, December 6, 2013
  15. ^ “The Top 10 Hedge Funds to Watch in 2013,” Worth magazine
  16. ^ Burton, Katherine. Hedge Hunters. Chapter 6. John Wiley and Sons, 2010. ISBN 0-470-88518-1, ISBN 978-0-470-88518-5.
  17. ^ Peltz, Lois. New Investment Superstars. Chapter 5. John Wiley and Sons, 2001. ISBN 047140313X, ISBN 978-0471403135
  18. ^ Weiss, Stephen. The Big Win. Chapter 5. John Wiley and Sons, 2012. ISBN 0470916109, ISBN 978-0470916100
  19. ^ “Meet Mitt Romney’s Hedge Fund Backers,” Institutional Investor, October 12, 2012
  20. ^ “Mitt Romney shifts campaign focus back to the economy,” The Christian Science Monitor, September 14, 2012
  21. ^ “About,” robinhood.org.
  22. ^ “The legend of Robin Hood,” Fortune magazine, September 8, 2006
  23. ^ Capitalize for Kids Investors Conference 2014 (biography)

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