Daniel Loeb
Dan Loeb is CEO and CIO of Third Point, a New York-based asset management firm. He is a renowned investor and hedge fund manager who offers behind the scenes advice to innumerable companies. His philanthropic activities revolve around human rights, social justice, and economic opportunity. Loeb is a strong advocate of improving America’s criminal justice system and advancing freedom for LGBT individuals in the United States and all around the globe.
- Dan Loeb has served on five publicly-traded company boards: Ligand Pharmaceuticals; POGO Producing Co.; Massey Energy; Yahoo!; and Sotheby’s.
- He is a strong supporter of Jewish and Israeli causes.
- He is a trustee of the Mount Sinai Health System, where he established the Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s disease in memory of his late father.
- He is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
- He also serves as a director of The Margaret and Daniel Loeb Foundation, REFORM Alliance, REFORM Action Fund, and Success Academy Charter Schools.
- He endowed the Daniel S. Loeb Scholarship for undergraduate study at Columbia University and received the school’s John Jay Award for distinguished professional achievement.
- In October 2020, he will be awarded the Alexander Hamilton Award for his philanthropic service by the Manhattan Institute.