Brian Taylor (financial services executive)
Brian Taylor | |
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Born |
1964 Arlington Heights, Illinois |
Alma mater |
Millikin University BS University of Chicago MBA |
Occupation | Founder & CEO |
Employer | Pine River Capital Management |
Brian Taylor (born 1964) is an American financial executive. He is the Founder and CEO of Pine River Capital Management LP.[1] Taylor has previously held positions at EBF & Associates.[2]
Early Life and Education
Brian Taylor received a BS in Accounting summa cum laude from Millikin University in 1986.[3] He then completed his MBA with a concentration in Finance and a specialization in Statistics from the University of Chicago in 1988.[4]
Career
Taylor’s career began at EBF & Associates in 1988 where he was a trader before being named head of the convertible arbitrage group in 1994, and Partner in 1997.[2] During his time at EBF, Taylor worked with Aaron Yeary and others, who later joined him at Pine River.[5] In 2002, Taylor left the company to start his global relative value hedge fund, Pine River Capital Management with a $5.3 million initial investment.[6][7][8] The firm has grown to over $15 billion in assets under management and employs 450 people globally, with nine offices.[9][10][11] Taylor has helped to build a Pine River presence in mainland China that focuses on deep-dive research on China’s on-shore markets.[12] Under Taylor’s guidance, the firm was recognized by Institutional Investor as Relative Value Hedge Fund Manager of the Year in 2012 and 2013.[13] [14] He is currently CEO of Pine River and Chairman of Two Harbors Investment Corporation.[15] Taylor also serves on the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Board of Trustees.[16]
References
- ↑ "Executive Profile Brian Curtis Taylor". Bloomberg Businessweek. November 9, 2014.
- 1 2 "Brian Taylor". Forbes. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Brian Taylor". CNBC. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Brian Taylor Bio, Returns, Net Worth". Insider Monkey. June 30, 2014.
- ↑ "Brian Taylor, the long-time head of EBF & Associates' convertible arbitrage strategy, has abruptly left the firm". Institutional Investor's Alpha. February 14, 2002.
- ↑ Karen Hube (December 24, 2011). "Cleaning Up In Mortgages". Barron's (newspaper).
- ↑ "Pine River CEO Uses Davos as a Learning Experience". Bloomberg TV. January 24, 2014.
- ↑ Svea Herbst-Bayliss (March 5, 2010). "Pine River housing bets started in cabin". Reuters.
- ↑ Stephen Foley (June 12, 2014). "Pine River joins hedge fund closing to new money". Financial Times.
- ↑ Rob Copeland (June 13, 2014). "Pine River Capital Returns Outside Money in Mortgage Fund". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ Irwin Speizer (June 4, 2013). "Can Mortgage Mavens Pine River Find Success in Other Markets?". Institutional Investor's Alpha.
- ↑ Bei Hu (November 27, 2013). "Goldman Sachs to GLG Open Asia Hedge Funds as Big Is Chic". Bloomberg News.
- ↑ "Institutional Investor magazine's 10th Anniversary Hedge Fund Industry Awards". Institutional Investor (magazine). June 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Institutional Investor's 2013 Hedge Fund Award Winners Announced". Institutional Investor (magazine). June 28, 2013.
- ↑ "Brian C. Taylor Chairman of the Board of Directors". Two Harbors Investment Corp. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
- ↑ "ABOUT / BOARD OF TRUSTEES". Minneapolis Institute of Arts. 2014.