GoldenTree Asset Management
When CIO Steven Tananbaum founded GoldenTree Asset Management, in 2000, Laurie Katz was a day-one employee. Katz, who had previously worked as an associate and assistant trader at First Dominion, started out on the trading desk. She subsequently moved over to a marketing and business development role, helping to build up the firm’s operations and client-services departments. Today she is responsible for the $16 billion, credit-focused firm’s institutional and family office investor relationships. Proving that time spent in the trading trenches still has value, investors say they respect Katz’s investment acumen and knowledge of the credit markets. A New York University graduate, Katz, 36, is active in the hedge fund philanthropic community. She has taken an active role in the networking and mentoring organization 100 Women in Hedge Funds, and for the past three years has co-chaired an annual fundraising event for High Water Women, a charitable group for at-risk women and youth.
| Hedge Fund Rising Stars | ||||||
| NAME | FIRM | |||||
| Rick Gerson | Falcon Edge Capital | |||||
| David Ben-Ur | Caxton Alternative Management LP | |||||
| Atwood 'Porter' Collins | Seawolf Capital | |||||
| Javier Dyer | Permal Group | |||||
| Adam Fisher | Commonwealth Opportunity Capital | |||||
| Grace Gu | BlackRock | |||||
| Jason Karp | Carlson Capital | |||||
| Akiva Katz | Bow Street | |||||
| Ingrid Kiefer | Canyon Partners | |||||
| Simon Krinsky | Hall Capital Partners | |||||
| Carrie Lo | California State Teachers Employees Retirement System | |||||
| Drew McKnight | Fortress Investment Group | |||||
| Marina Mekhlis | Rocaton Investment Advisors | |||||
| Neil Messing | Bureau of Asset Management, New York City | |||||
| Gideon Nieuwoudt | Silver Creek Capital Management | |||||
| Ricky Nardis | UBS Alternative Investment Solutions | |||||
| Vinay Nair | Ada Investments | |||||
| Sean Murphy | Game Creek Capital | |||||
| Kimberly Mounts | MAP Alternative Asset Management Company | |||||
| Tony Waskiewicz | Sisters of Mercy Health Systems | |||||
| Andrew Tsai | Chalkstream Capital Group | |||||
| David Solomon | Goldman, Sachs & Co. | |||||
| Howard Shainker | Bow Street | |||||
| Danny Sachnowitz | Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust | |||||
| Justin Press | BTIG | |||||
| Dean Curnutt | Macro Risk Advisors | |||||
| James Grossman | Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System | |||||
| Chris Paolino | Hartford Investment Management | |||||
| Mick McGuire | Marcato Capital Management | |||||