Larry Robbins (born 1969) is an American
hedge fund manager and philanthropist. He is the chief executive of
Glenview Capital Management
Glenview Capital Management is a hedge fund founded in 2000 with approximately $7.7 billion of capital under management as of March 2019. Glenview manages capital for investors through a series of private investment funds. The firm was founded by L ...
, a hedge fund with approximately $7.7 billion of capital under management as of March 2019.
Early life and education
Robbins grew up in a Jewish family in
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Arlington Heights is a municipality in Cook County with a small portion in Lake County in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about northwest of the city's downtown. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 77,676. Per the ...
.
He graduated with honors from the
Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology
The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universiti ...
at the
University of Pennsylvania
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in 1992, where he received a B.S. in economics with concentrations in accounting, finance, marketing and a B.S in engineering, with a major in systems engineering.
Robbins played hockey throughout college and was captain of the University of Pennsylvania club team for three years.
Robbins became a Certified Public Accountant in 1991 in Illinois.
Investment career
After graduation, Robbins worked at Gleacher & Company, a merger and advisory boutique in
New York
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He joined
Leon Cooperman
Leon G. Cooperman (born April 25, 1943) is an American billionaire investor and hedge fund manager. He is the chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, a New York-based investment advisory firm managing over $3.3 billion in assets under management ...
at Omega Advisors after three years at Gleacher.
Robbins spent six years as an analyst and partner at Omega Advisors on their US equity long/short team.
Robbins left Omega to start
Glenview Capital Management
Glenview Capital Management is a hedge fund founded in 2000 with approximately $7.7 billion of capital under management as of March 2019. Glenview manages capital for investors through a series of private investment funds. The firm was founded by L ...
in 2000, named after the suburban Chicago hockey area where he started playing hockey at age five.
In 2012, he made a successful bet by investing in hospital companies that he thought would benefit from
Obamacare
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.
[Barrons: "Bullish on Obamacare, Hedge-fund star Larry Robbins has made a big bet on hospitals and is pushing them a little harder to buy back stock or make acquisitions. Why he's taking on HMA" By Erin E. Arvedlund]
July 27, 2013 Unlike most hedge funds, Robbins is known for holding stocks for years and not employing
stop-losses.
Robbins is currently the firm's CEO and portfolio manager.
Personal life
Robbins has four sons, by his first wife
Amy Towers, who he later divorced.
[New York Post: "Hedge giant weds"]
May 31, 2012 In 2012, he married his second wife, Sarahmay Wesemael.
He lives in
Alpine, New Jersey. Robbins is the owner of the
Chicago Steel
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of the
USHL
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.
Wealth and philanthropy
Robbins serves as chairman of the board for both the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) New York and
Relay Graduate School of Education
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. He is a member of the board of directors for The
Robin Hood Foundation
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and chairs the education committee.
He is a member of the board of directors for
Teach For America (New York) and was an honoree at the 2013 Annual Benefit Dinner. Through their Robbins Family Foundation, Larry and his wife Sarahmay are active supporters of education reform both in New York City and across the US. In addition, Robbins is the Senior Chair of the Wall Street Division of the
UJA-Federation and the recipient of the 2007 Young Leadership Award.
In 2014, Robbins reportedly earned $570 million (including his share of his firm's management and performance fees, cash compensation and stock and option awards).
References
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1969 births
American billionaires
American chief executives of financial services companies
American financial analysts
American financial company founders
American financial traders
American financiers
American hedge fund managers
American investors
Businesspeople from Illinois
People from Alpine, New Jersey
Private equity and venture capital investors
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni
Living people