Duquesne Capital
Duquesne Capital is a $4 billion hedge fund started by Stanley Druckenmiller in 1981. Since the fund's founding, Duquesne has averaged 37% annually.
Mr. Druckenmiller was hired by George Soros in 1988 and worked at the Quantum Fund until 2000. He was instrumental in Soros' billion-dollar raid on the British pound in 1992. Mr. Druckenmiller is within the top 100 richest people in America with an estimated net worth of $3.5 billion. He attended Bowdoin College and holds BAs in English and economics.
Tipping Point Raises $8 Million to Prevent Poverty with Bay Area Giving Challenge
SAN FRANCISCO, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tipping Point Community, the Bay Area's leading poverty-fighting organization, today announced that its annual benefit held last night raised a record-breaking $8 million, and 100 percent of the money raised will go to local nonprofits that provide education, housing, employment and wellness services to low-income individuals and families, as Tipping Point's board underwrites all event costs. As waitlists for family housing, mental health support and other vital human services continue to grow, and as California faces a third consecutive year of widespread statewide budget cuts to safety net programs, Tipping Point ...
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