Nationality American Name John Thaler | Alma mater University of Chicago | |
Occupation Founder and Portfolio Manager,
JAT Capital Management | ||
John A. Thaler is the founder of JAT Capital Management LP, a multibillion-dollar global equity investment firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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Early life and education
John Thaler grew up in Mastic Beach, NY, where he attended William Floyd High School and graduated from the school in 1993. He later studied at the University of Chicago and graduated with a B.A. in economics in 1997.
Career
Thaler joined Shumway Capital in 2002 and began to manage his own fund – the Shumway Omni fund – in 2006, which focused on technology, media and telecommunications. Prior to working at Shumway, Thaler was a banking analyst at Merrill Lynch & Co. and an associate at private-equity firm Spectrum Equity Investors LP. He left Shumway in 2007 to open his own hedge fund, JAT Capital Management, named after his initials.