JANA Partners LLC
JANA Partners LLC is a New York based hedge fund managed by Barry Rosenstein. Mr. Rosenstein founded JANA Partners in 2001. The fund primarily invests in the United States public equity markets and uses activist strategies, a market neutral strategy, a long/short equity strategy, and a risk arbitrage strategy.
Before starting JANA Partners, Mr. Rosenstein was the managing partner at Sagaponack Partners, a private equity fund. Prior to Sagaponack Partners, Mr. Rosenstein was the founder and head of Genesis Merchant Group's Investment and Merchant Banking Group. Before Genesis, he formed and was the managing partner of Reatta Partners. Prior to Reatta Partners, Mr. Rosenstein worked at Plaza Securities Corp. and Merrill Lynch.
Mr. Rosenstein is a CPA. He received his MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1984 and his BS from Lehigh University in 1981.