Thomas Sandell (born 1960/1961) is a

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Swedish

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manager, based in London.

Early life

He earned a bachelor's degree from

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. He then spent 2 years in Paris covering European stocks for Atlantic Finance. He then earned an MBA in finance from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

Career

Sandell worked as a securities analyst for Atlantic Finance in Paris from May 1986 to May 1987 and subsequently was head of equity research at Group Delphi in Paris. Sandell joined

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in 1988, and was a colleague of investment banker Ace Greenberg. When he left in 1997 he was a senior managing director and co-head of the Risk Arbitrage department. In 1998, Sandell set up Sandell Asset Management, a hedge fund with its headquarters in New York. The company's business focus on global risk arbitrage, equity special situations and credit opportunities. Its UCITS hedge fund was awarded Best Performing Risk Arbitrage Fund by The Hedge Fund Journal and was included in "The Hedge Fund Hot 100".

Other

Sandell is a founding board member of The New Leader's Group of the Institute of International Education, the administrator of the United States Government's

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. He is also a Trustee of Friends of ARK (

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), a charity focused on supporting a variety of initiatives that fight disease, abuse and poverty afflicting children around the globe.

Personal life

He is married, with one child, and lives in London, England.

References

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