Josh Birnbaum
Josh Birnbaum is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Tilden Park Capital Management, a multi-strategy asset management firm based in New York City. Prior to establishing his own company, he spent 15 years in the fixed income trading division of Goldman Sachs, where he focused on mortgage-backed securities and derivatives. During this time, Birnbaum served as desk head or lead trader across a broad range of mortgage products that include mortgage credit, mortgage derivatives, and mortgage pass-throughs.
Josh Birnbaum Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and Chief Investment Officer
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Managing Director and Co-Manager of Trading in the Structured Products Group
Academic History
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BS in Economics, Summa Cum Laude
- Birnbaum was raised for a short time in Paris before his family moved to Oakland, California.
- He interned for Goldman Sachs in the summer of 1992 as a collateral mortgage obligations analyst and remained with the firm after graduating from Wharton.
- He had reportedly generated $3.7 billion for Goldman Sachs in 2007 by short-selling the subprime mortgage market, for which he was given a bonus of $10 million.
- He testified before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in 2010 regarding Goldman Sachs' role in the subprime mortgage crisis.