Ben Axler
Ben Axler is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Spruce Point Capital Management, an activist hedge fund manager. Axler is an activist short seller and forensic financial researcher who has dedicated his career to exposing financial schemes globally. Throughout the years, he has exposed over $1 billion of alleged listed frauds on Nasdaq and the NYSE. Prior to founding Spruce Point in 2009, he spent eight years as an Investment Banker with Credit Suisse and Barclays Capital, where he structured and executed financing, derivative risk management, and M&A deals for Fortune 500 clients. Axler is also a frequent market commentator on television and is regularly featured in print media.
Ben Axler Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and Chief Investment Officer
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Vice President, Investment Banking
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Associate and Analyst, Investment Banking and Capital Markets
Academic History
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M.A., Statistics
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B.A., Statistics and B.S., Marketing and Business Administration, Summa Cum Laude
Axler is an activist short seller and forensic financial researcher who has dedicated his career to exposing financial schemes globally.
His research has resulted in the delisting of numerous public companies and engendered the dismissal of at least 17 CEO and 17 CFOs from various multi-billion dollar companies.
His research has been analyzed by the National Bureau of Economic Research and featured in a Harvard Business School case study.
RECOGNITIONS
In 2019, Activist Insight recognized Spruce Point Capital Management as the #2 most impactful short-selling activists in 2018.
In 2016, Sentieo recognized him as one of the top 15 most popular accounts on the topic of finance on Twitter.
In 2016, Business Insider and SumZero named him as their top idea-generating short-seller.
In August 2014, ActivistShorts.com concluded that his recommendations were among the top-performing in the industry.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Axler is a frequent market commentator and has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg Television, Yahoo! Finance, and BNN Bloomberg in Canada.
He has been quoted in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Business Insider, Fortune, Barron’s, Institutional Investor and the Financial Post.
He has been a guest speaker at numerous investment symposiums and was profiled in the book "The Happiness Advantage."