CNBC – They’re young, they’re hungry, and they’re on the way to being the next name-brands of activist investing.
Corporate executives and boards are getting to know—often begrudgingly—names like Scott Ferguson, Mick McGuire and Jesse Cohn. They and a handful of other 30- and 40-something hedge fund managers are already running billions of dollars and agitating for change at big public companies such as Bank of New York Mellon, EMC, and Zoetis.