Steven A. Cohen
Steven A. Cohen is a billionaire hedge fund investor and founder of SAC Capital Partners. He has been referred to as "A New Prince of Wall Street" by the New York Times and "The Hedge Fund King" by the Wall Street Journal. According to Forbes, he has an estimated net worth of $6.8 billion.
Cohen attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and was hired as a junior trader at Gruntal & Co. in 1978. On his first day, he made an $8,000 profit, and eventually was making around $100,000 a day for the company.
SAC Capital Partners is a hedge fund based in Stamford, Connecticut. It was founded in 1992 by Cohen with $25 million but now currently manages $14 billion. The fund is very active accounting for about 3 percent of the NYSE's daily volume and 1 percent of the NASDAQ's daily volume. The fund's favorite industries include technology, retail/consumer goods, and healthcare.
View Older Stories View More Recent Stories
-
Steve Cohen SAC Capital Accumulates 5.2% Stake in Terra Industries (TRA), Could Ruffle Feathers
-
Steve Cohen Is Not Only Buying Art From Sotheby's (BID), Now He Owns a 5.9% Stake In the Stock
-
Who is Ron Insana Going To Bump On CNBC?
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Discloses New 5% Stake in InterMune (ITNM)
-
Ron Insana Strikes Out At SAC Capital
-
Top 15 For 2008 (No. 6): Hedge Fund Meltdown
-
SAC Capital To Allow Some Early Redemptions
-
Quarterly Data Confirms Hedge Funds Exited Stocks In A Big Way
-
SAC Capital Cuts Staff
-
Could The Porsche-Volkswagen Squeeze Cause Some Hedge Funds To Go Bankrupt?
-
Some Hedge Funds Still Raising Money-SAC, Greenlight, Elliott Mgmt & Brevan Howard
-
Lahde Capital's Andrew Lahde Calls It Quits And Publishes A Farewell Letter You MUST Read
-
Top 10 News Items 10/13-10/17: Treasury to Directly Buy Up to $250B in Financial Stocks; Volatility Dominates the Markets; Buffett Sticks His Neck Out with 'Buying American. I Am.' Article
-
Cramer Says Bet On SAC's Stevie Cohen
-
Steve Cohen And Other Hedge Fund Titans Shift To Cash Amid Turmoil
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Boosts Stake in United Therapeutics (UTHR) to 7.4%
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Discloses 3% Stake in James River Coal (JRCC)
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Accumulates Stakes in Target (TGT), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC) and Some Financials (STI, FITB, STT)
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Cuts Stake in Invitrogen (IVGN) to 5.3%
-
Ron Insana To Close Up Shop And Head To SAC Capital
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Boosts Stake in Incyte (INCY) to 6.4%
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Raises Stake in Invitrogen (IVGN) from 5.2% to 6.9%
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Cuts Stake in Barrier Therapeutics (BTRX) to 1.21%
-
Who's Talk Was Louder on Lehman (LEH) Today - Bill Gross or Ben Bernanke?
-
SAC Capital Still Trading With Lehman (LEH) - Bloomberg
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Discloses 8% Stake in Barrier Therapeutics (BTRX), Files 13D
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Accumulates 5.1% Stake in Inspire Pharmaceuticals (ISPH)
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Boosts Stake in Akorn (AKRX) to 5.6%
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Discloses 5.2% Stake in Invitrogen (IVGN), Supports Merger With Applera
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Discloses 5% Stake in Navistar (NAV)
-
UPDATE: Cohen's SAC Capital Accumulates 5.3% Stake In Takeover Target Take-Two Interactive (TTWO)
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Files 13D On Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) Showing 5.3% Stake
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Builds 6.1% Stake in Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Accumulates 7.1% Stake in Sanderson Farms (SAFM)
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Discloses 7.6% Stake in Pilgrims Pride (PPC)
-
Buy Orient-Express (OEH) on Potential Takeover Target -Barron's
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Boosts Stake in Fresh Del Monte (FDP) to 5.1%.
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Accumulates 6.8% Stake in Cardiome Pharma (CRME)
-
D. E. Shaw Boosts "Active" Stake in Orient-Express Hotels (OEH) to 7.6%
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Discloses Nearly 5% Stake in Willbros Group (WG)
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Boosts Stake in Stewart Enterprises (STEI) to Nearly 6%
-
Has The Fear Factor Made Ethanol Stocks A Bargain? (PEIX, AVR, VSE, GPRE)
-
What's Steven Cohen's SAC Capital Buying? A Few Banks Among Other Things (BK, C)
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Discloses 5.5% Stake in Orient-Express Hotels (OEH), Express Concerns About Share Structure
-
Cohen's S.A.C. Capital Discloses 6.3% Stake in Barrier Therapeutics (BTRX)
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Boosts Stake in Chiquita Brands (CQB) to 5.4%
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Disclosese 4.6% Stake in Auto Parts Maker Tenneco (TEN)
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Accumulates 6.3% Stake in Hasbro (HAS)
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Builds 5% Stake in Jean Maker True Religion (TRLG)
-
Cohen's SAC Capital Lowers Stake in Assisted Living Concepts (ALC) to 4.2%

