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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
Voted #1 portfolio strategist by Institutional Investor magazine for 9 consecutive years (1977-1985)
All-America Research Team member for 9 consecutive years
2003 American Jewish Committee Humanitarian Award
2006 Seton Hall Humanitarian of the Year Award
2009 Boys & Girls Clubs of Newark Award for Caring
2009 UJA-Federation of New York's Wall Street and Financial Services Division Lifetime Achievement Award
Horatio Alger Association member
Notable Facts
American billionaire investor with estimated net worth of $2.8 billion (2025)
Founded Omega Advisors in 1991 after 25 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was partner and chairman/CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Converted Omega to family office in 2018, managing over $4.3 billion in assets
Signatory of The Giving Pledge, committed to giving away majority of wealth
Major philanthropist: $25M to Columbia Business School, $100M to Saint Barnabas Medical Center
SEC insider trading settlement in 2017 for $4.9M (no admission of wrongdoing)
Regular CNBC contributor and market commentator
Lives between Short Hills, NJ and Boca Raton, FL
Board member of Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
First in family to attend college, son of Polish immigrants from South Bronx
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