Alan Fournier
Alan Fournier currently manages a family investment office. He is also working privately with his own assets, capital investments, and charity annuity trusts. He began amassing wealth when he pivoted to selling financial products and research on Wall Street. Fournier recently was the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Pennant Capital Management. He ran the company until March 2018 when he went into a kind of quasi-retirement, returned client capital, and shut down operations at the $1.5 billion hedge fund.
Alan Fournier Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and Chief Investment Officer
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Partner
Academic History
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BE, Engineering
- Fournier grew up in Danvers, Massachusetts.
- He started his investment career at Sanford C. Bernstein in 1988.
- He was a partner at Appaloosa Management responsible for global equity investments.
- He serves on the KIPP New Jersey Board of Governors.
- He formerly served as Trustee and Treasurer of Far Hills Country Day School, where he also chaired the Finance and Investment Committees.
- He co-established Better Education for Kids, which supports high-quality educational opportunities for children throughout New Jersey.
- He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.