Boaz Weinstein
Boaz Weinstein is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Saba, a billion-dollar credit hedge fund based in New York City. As a credit investor whose formative years were spent in volatile periods, Weinstein is focused on finding ways to capture moments where you can own volatility. He formed Saba Principal Strategies at Deutsche Bank to specialize in credit and capital structure investing. As a market-maker, Weinstein focused on investment-grade bonds, high yield bonds, and credit default swaps.
Boaz Weinstein Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and Chief Investment Officer
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Managing Director
Academic History
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BA, Philosophy
- Weinstein grew up in New York City.
- He attended Stuyvesant High School, where he is currently on the Board of Directors.
- He gave $1 million to New York City’s Stuyvesant High School to fund a library renovation.
- He achieved the title of National Master in chess at age 16.
- He is also a Leadership Council member for Robin Hood, New York’s largest poverty-fighting organization.
- At Deutsche Bank, he had dual responsibility for proprietary trading and market-making.
- He previously taught a class on the credit markets at New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
- He has been a guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.