Steven A. Cohen
Steven A. Cohen is a billionaire hedge fund investor and founder of SAC Capital Partners. He has been referred to as "A New Prince of Wall Street" by the New York Times and "The Hedge Fund King" by the Wall Street Journal. According to Forbes, he has an estimated net worth of $6.8 billion.
Cohen attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and was hired as a junior trader at Gruntal & Co. in 1978. On his first day, he made an $8,000 profit, and eventually was making around $100,000 a day for the company.
SAC Capital Partners is a hedge fund based in Stamford, Connecticut. It was founded in 1992 by Cohen with $25 million but now currently manages $14 billion. The fund is very active accounting for about 3 percent of the NYSE's daily volume and 1 percent of the NASDAQ's daily volume. The fund's favorite industries include technology, retail/consumer goods, and healthcare.
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SAC Capital Raises Stake in Clearwater Paper (CLW) to 5.4%
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SAC Capital Raises Stake in InterMune, Inc. (ITMN) to 5.2%
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SAC Capital Raises Stake in Forest Oil Corp. (FST) to 4.77%
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Cohen's SAC Capital Boosts Stake in Heckmann (HEK) to 5.9%
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SAC Capital Lowers Stake in United Therapeutics Corp (UTHR) to 3.58%
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Cohen's SAC Capital Raises Stake in Skilled Healthcare Group (SKH) to 2.71%
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SAC Capital Raises Stake in Hanesbrands (HBI) to 4.63%
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Cohen's SAC to 'Soft Close' Flagship Fund
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SAC Capital Lowers Stake in Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMLN) to 4.34%
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SAC Capital Raises Stake in Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMLN) to 4.86%
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SAC Capital Raises Stake in Walter Investment Management Corp (WAC) to 6.2%
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After-Hours Movers 06/06: (TIN) (MIND) (BZ) Higher; (PBY) (GIII) (CLF) Lower
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Ocz Technology (OCZ) Gets Stamp of Approval From Hedge Fund King
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Cohen's SAC Capital Accumulates 5.1% Stake in Ocz Technology (OCZ)
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Cohen's SAC Capital Faces SEC Probe Related to Biotech Trading
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SAC Capital Boosts Children's Place (PLCE) Stake Back Above 5%
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Cohen's SAC Capital Accumulates 6.7% Stake in Blue Nile (NILE)
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Cohen's SAC Capital Discloses 4.9% Stake In Children's Place (PLCE)
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Pre-Open Movers 4/26: (SMOD) (CMI) (F) Higher; (LXK) (LWSN) (NFLX) Lower (more...)
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After-Hours Movers 04/25: (UCTT) (HSTM) Higher; (ESRX) (AFOP) (ELX) (NFLX) (ORCL) Lower
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Cohen's SAC Capital Lifts Stake In AK Steel (AKS) to 5.3%
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Cohen's SAC Capital Boost Stake In Coinstar (CSTR) to 6.5%
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SAC Capital Accumulates 5.8% Stake In Cubist Pharma (CBST)
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Steven Cohen Could Bid for Minority Stake in Mets
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Steven Cohen's SAC Capital Boosts Stake In AK Steel (AKS) Just Below 5%
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Wall Street Strategies Reiterates a 'Buy' on BJs Wholesale (BJ); Q4: Nothing Concentrates the Mind More Than Having your Company in Play
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Cohen's SAC Capital Boosts Stake in BJ's (BJ) to 6.2%
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Cohen's SAC Capital to Spin-Off PE Group Siris Capital, Would Be Focused on Buyout Targets -Bloomberg
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Did Stevie Cohen Help Crush Whitney Tilson?
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Stevie Cohen's Top Picks (WMB) (PXP) (GMCR)
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Cohen's SAC Capital Shows Lowered Stakes in: Time Warner Cable (TWC), Pepsi (PEP), Petrohawk (HK), United Tech (UTX), Hertz (HTZ)
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SAC Capital Showing New Stakes in Commercial Metals (CMC), Dillards (DDS), Fortune Brands (FO), SBA Comm. (SBAC)
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Cohen's SAC Capital Shows Raised Stakes in Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Gap (GPS), DirecTV (DTV), Genzyme (GENZ)
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SAC Capital "Outraged" at Charges of Insider Trading
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Former SAC Capital Employees Charged with Insider Trading
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Insider Trading Probe Ensnares Three Hedge Fund Managers, Analyst
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SAC Capital Accumulates 5.6% Stake in Acorda (ACOR)
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Cohen's SAC Capital Makes Big Bet On Orexigen Therapeutics (OREX) Ahead of FDA Decision
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Domino's Pizza volatility at 35 into SAC Capital filing of 5.3% ownership
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Steve Cohen Buys Up Shares of a Pizza Chain Before the Super Bowl (DPZ)
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SAC Capital Discloses 5.3% Stake in Domino's Pizza (DPZ)
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This Hedge Fund Guru Profited Big-Time From the Buyout of Genoptix (GXDX), See What Other Targets He Is Buying
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SAC Capital Accumulates 6.5% Stake in Genoptix (GXDX)
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SAC Capital's Dipak Patel Is Leaving - Bloomberg
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After-Hours Movers 01/03: NDN Higher; BGP, KERX, MPWR, NLY, GMXR, HOMB Lower
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SAC Capital Accumulates 5.7% Stake In 99 Cents Only Stores (NDN)
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Steve Cohen's SAC Capital Shows Quick Flip In Hot China Dangdang (DANG) IPO
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Insider Trading Probe Spreads Across Wall Street
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Citadel Receives Insider Trading Subpoena

