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{{Infobox Person| name = Bruce Kovner| image = Bruce_Kovner.jpg| image_size = 130px| caption = Bruce Kovner| birth_date =
1945
[United States
founder, [Chairman,
Caxton Associates, LLC in [Brooklyn, New York) is an
Economy of the United States. He is the founder and
Chairman of
Caxton Associates, LLC, a
hedge fund that trades a
global macro strategy. Kovner is also the Chairman of the American Enterprise Institute, the premiere American neoconservative
think tank. With an estimated
as of 2006 net worth of around $2.5 billion, he is ranked by
Forbes as the
List of billionaires.
Described as secretive even by family and friends, the 61-year old divorcee is perhaps one of the least known New York City
billionaires outside of professional circles.
Biography
Bruce Kovner's family came to Brooklyn, New York, in the early
1900s from
Tsarist Russia, fleeing persecution for their Communism beliefs. Two of Kovner's fathers' cousins faced the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s, pleading the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. However, Bruce's father, Moishe Kovner, was more conservative than his kin, at one point even crossing a picket line to work.
Bruce Kovner grew up in the San Fernando Valley, where his father had moved the family in 1953. Early on, he was a high achiever, becoming a National Merit Scholarship Corporation. He was the student-body president of
Van Nuys High School at 16, and an accomplished
basketball player.
Kovner went to
Harvard College starting in
1962, a time marred by the hanging suicide of his mother back in his family's
Van Nuys home. Nonetheless, he was considered a good student and was well liked by his classmates. Avoiding the
Vietnam War by Selective Service System (when it was still available), Kovner stayed in Harvard, studying
political science closely under prominent conservative scholar
Edward C. Banfield, who reportedly had great faith and admiration for the young Kovner.
Kovner did not finish his
Ph.D., having suffered a severe case of writer's block and overreached in his choice of subject matter. Over the next few years, he engaged in a number of eclectic efforts; he worked on political campaigns, studied the
harpsichord, was a writer, and a cab driver. It was during the latter occupation, not long after his marriage to now ex-wife Sarah Peter, that he discovered
Commodity markets.
Business
Kovner's first trade was for $3,000, borrowed against his
MasterCard, in
soybean futures contracts. Realizing growth to $50,000, he then watched the contract drop to $22,000 before selling. He later claimed that this first, nerve-racking trade taught him the importance of risk management.
In his eventual role as a trader under the legendary Michael Marcus at Commodities Corporation (now part of
Goldman Sachs), made millions and gained widespread respect as an objective and sober
trader (finance). This ultimately led to the establishment of his current company, Caxton Associates, in 1983, which today manages over $10 billion in capital and is closed to new investors.
Kovner is not well known outside of professional circles. He has very rarely given interviews, and is notoriously private. His 5th Avenue Mansion in New York City features a lead-lined room to protect against a chemical, biological, or dirty bomb attack.
Philanthropy and politics
A patron of the arts and a particular devotee of opera, Kovner is an avid collector of rare books and classical music manuscripts and has given millions to art projects and art institutions, notably the Juilliard School (of which he is Chairman). He is a primary funder of the expansion of
Lincoln Center and the publisher of many works, including what some consider the finest modern illustrated
bible. He is also founder and Chairman of the
School Choice Scholarships Foundation, which awards scholarships to financially disadvantaged youth in New York City.
Kovner has contributed extensively to
Conservatism causes. He is the Chairman of the American Enterprise Institute#President and trustees of the American Enterprise Institute, for which Caxton Associates manages most investments. His close acquaintances include Vice President Dick Cheney,
neoconservative figures
Richard Perle and James Q. Wilson, as well as a wide range of government officials from all over the world - relationships which many consider contribute to Kovner's insight into commodities markets worldwide. He is a major backer of the conservative
Manhattan Institute and the daily,
The New York Sun.
References
External links
- In-Depth Article about Bruce Kovner
Further reading
{{cite book | last = Schwager
| first = Jack D.
| authorlink = Jack D. Schwager
| title = Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders
| publisher = Collins; Reissue edition
| date = 1993
| location = 36 pages
| id = ISBN 0-88730-610-1 -->
{{Infobox Person| name = Bruce Kovner| image = Bruce_Kovner.jpg| image_size = 130px| caption = Bruce Kovner| birth_date =
1945
[United States
founder, [Chairman,
Caxton Associates, LLC in [Brooklyn, New York) is an
Economy of the United States. He is the founder and Chairman of Caxton Associates, LLC, a
hedge fund that trades a
global macro strategy. Kovner is also the Chairman of the American Enterprise Institute, the premiere American
neoconservative think tank. With an estimated
as of 2006 net worth of around $2.5 billion, he is ranked by
Forbes as the List of billionaires.
Described as secretive even by family and friends, the 61-year old divorcee is perhaps one of the least known
New York City billionaires outside of professional circles.
Biography
Bruce Kovner's family came to Brooklyn, New York, in the early
1900s from
Tsarist Russia, fleeing persecution for their Communism beliefs. Two of Kovner's fathers' cousins faced the
House Un-American Activities Committee in the
1950s, pleading the
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. However, Bruce's father, Moishe Kovner, was more conservative than his kin, at one point even crossing a picket line to work.
Bruce Kovner grew up in the
San Fernando Valley, where his father had moved the family in 1953. Early on, he was a high achiever, becoming a National Merit Scholarship Corporation. He was the student-body president of Van Nuys High School at 16, and an accomplished basketball player.
Kovner went to
Harvard College starting in 1962, a time marred by the
hanging suicide of his mother back in his family's
Van Nuys home. Nonetheless, he was considered a good student and was well liked by his classmates. Avoiding the Vietnam War by Selective Service System (when it was still available), Kovner stayed in Harvard, studying
political science closely under prominent conservative scholar Edward C. Banfield, who reportedly had great faith and admiration for the young Kovner.
Kovner did not finish his
Ph.D., having suffered a severe case of writer's block and overreached in his choice of subject matter. Over the next few years, he engaged in a number of eclectic efforts; he worked on political campaigns, studied the harpsichord, was a writer, and a cab driver. It was during the latter occupation, not long after his marriage to now ex-wife Sarah Peter, that he discovered Commodity markets.
Business
Kovner's first trade was for $3,000, borrowed against his
MasterCard, in
soybean futures contracts. Realizing growth to $50,000, he then watched the contract drop to $22,000 before selling. He later claimed that this first, nerve-racking trade taught him the importance of
risk management.
In his eventual role as a trader under the legendary Michael Marcus at Commodities Corporation (now part of Goldman Sachs), made millions and gained widespread respect as an objective and sober
trader (finance). This ultimately led to the establishment of his current company, Caxton Associates, in
1983, which today manages over $10 billion in capital and is closed to new investors.
Kovner is not well known outside of professional circles. He has very rarely given interviews, and is notoriously private. His 5th Avenue Mansion in New York City features a lead-lined room to protect against a chemical, biological, or dirty bomb attack.
Philanthropy and politics
A patron of the arts and a particular devotee of
opera, Kovner is an avid collector of rare books and classical music manuscripts and has given millions to art projects and art institutions, notably the
Juilliard School (of which he is Chairman). He is a primary funder of the expansion of
Lincoln Center and the publisher of many works, including what some consider the finest modern illustrated bible. He is also founder and Chairman of the
School Choice Scholarships Foundation, which awards scholarships to financially disadvantaged youth in New York City.
Kovner has contributed extensively to Conservatism causes. He is the Chairman of the
American Enterprise Institute#President and trustees of the
American Enterprise Institute, for which Caxton Associates manages most investments. His close acquaintances include
Vice President Dick Cheney,
neoconservative figures Richard Perle and
James Q. Wilson, as well as a wide range of government officials from all over the world - relationships which many consider contribute to Kovner's insight into commodities markets worldwide. He is a major backer of the conservative Manhattan Institute and the daily,
The New York Sun.
References
External links
- In-Depth Article about Bruce Kovner
Further reading
{{cite book | last = Schwager
| first = Jack D.
| authorlink = Jack D. Schwager
| title = Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders
| publisher = Collins; Reissue edition
| date = 1993
| location = 36 pages
| id = ISBN 0-88730-610-1 -->
