Lee Cooperman
Lee Cooperman is a renowned investor and successful hedge fund manager. He employs a classic value strategy, performing intensive research to identify undervalued American stocks. For nine consecutive years, he was voted the number one portfolio strategist in the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team survey. In 1967, he joined Goldman Sachs and became a partner less than a decade later. He helped set up Goldman Sachs Asset Management, of which he became chairman and CEO. After 25 years of service, Cooperman left Goldman Sachs to launch his own venture, Omega Advisors.
Lee Cooperman Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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General Partner
Academic History
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Bachelor's Degree
- Leon Cooperman is an evangelist for capitalism.
- He believes in education: "We should teach people to fish, not give them fish."
- He was first generation of his family to be born in the United States and attend college.
- Cooperman spoke at the 2020 Mauldin Strategic Economics Conference.
“Don’t confuse a bull market with brains.”
“You have to respect the stock market. If you don’t, you’re going to get wiped out.”
“What the wise man does in the beginning, the fool does in the end.”
“In this business, if you don’t make mistakes, you’re either a liar or you don’t take many swings at the ball."