David Einhorn — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

President at Greenlight Capital
Founded Greenlight Capital in May 1996
Managed Greenlight Capital to achieve annualized returns of 26% over its first decade
Author of "Fooling Some of the People All of the Time"
Included in Time magazine's Time 100 list in 2013
Graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a B.A. in government in 1991

Biography

David M. Einhorn is an American investor and hedge fund manager, known as the founder and president of Greenlight Capital. He established Greenlight Capital, a "long-short value-oriented hedge fund," in May 1996 with $900,000 in start-up capital. Einhorn graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a B.A. in government in 1991, after growing up in New Jersey and Wisconsin.

Over its first decade, Greenlight Capital experienced annualized returns of 26%.