Eric Mindich
Eric Mindich is a high-profile investor and money manager, best known for being the Founder and CEO of Eton Park Capital Management, a global multi-strategy hedge fund which, at its founding, was the largest startup fund in history. Eric spent 15 years at Goldman Sachs in two main roles: leading the Equities Arbitrage business and managing the Equities Division. At Goldman Sachs, he worked on the bank’s legendary risk arbitrage desk, headed by former Treasury secretary Robert Rubin, which produced such hedge fund luminaries as Daniel Och and Richard Perry. Today, Eric serves as the Founder and CEO of Everblue Management, a single family office.
Eric Mindich Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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Senior Strategy Officer and Chair of the Firmwide Strategy Committee
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Partner
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Co-Head of the Equities Division
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Co-Chief Operating Officer of the Equities Division
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Manager of Equities Arbitrage Department
Academic History
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B.A., Economics, Summa Cum Laude
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Trustee, The Mount Sinai Medical Center
Trustee, The Horace Mann School
Member of the Board of Directors, Center for American Progress
Member of the Board of Directors, Harvard Management Company
Member of the Board of Directors, Whitney Museum of American Art
He launched Eton Park Capital Management in 2004, expanding it to manage as much as $14 billion.
The firm started with about $3.5 billion in capital and at the time was among the biggest and splashiest hedge fund launches.
One of the hedge fund’s best years came in 2013, when it returned 22 percent.
In 2008, one of the worst years for hedge funds, Eton Park lost 10 percent, but that was far better than most other firms fared.
He first made his name as a fast-rising star on Wall Street, heading up Goldman Sachs' arbitrage desk at the age of 25.
In 1995, at 27, he became Goldman Sachs' youngest partner ever and was a leader of the firm's equities arbitrage business.
In 2000, he became Co-Chief Operating Officer of the Equities Division and later Co-Head of the Equities Division and a member of the Goldman Sachs Management Committee.
In 2003, he joined Goldman Sachs' executive office as Senior Strategy Officer and Chair of the Firmwide Strategy Committee.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Eric is a high profile investor and money manager who has been profiled and featured in various financial media outlets and publications.
He has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Institutional Investor, New York Post, Business Insider, MarketWatch, CNBC, Yahoo! Finance, The New York Times, Reuters, and Barron's.