Eric Alt
Hall Capital Partners
At a time when funds of hedge funds are under fire, Eric Alt, the head of the absolute-return group at Hall Capital Partners, is working to reinvent the concept. The 44-year-old helps run the San Francisco–based firm’s $6 billion hedge fund program, advising managers on strategic direction. He serves on the advisory boards of Fortress Credit Opportunities Fund and Mount Kellett Capital Partners.
Alt, who has an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, began his career in 1989 as an accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co. in Dallas. Following stints doing equity-linked new issues for investment banks Robertson Stephens and Piper Jaffray & Co. in San Francisco, he joined Hall in 2006. Two years later he was appointed to the four-person investment review committee for the firm, which oversees more than $22 billion in total assets. In that role he has helped pick 18 new investments after nearly 1,000 meetings with prospective hedge fund managers.
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| 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 |