Bloomberg – Maurice “Chip” Perkins, co-founder of $4.5 billion hedge fund MKP Capital Management LLC, is retiring at the end of the year.
Perkins, 53, recently served as Strategic Relationship Manager, focusing on developing senior relationships with investors and counterparties, the New York-based firm said today in a statement. Before starting MKP Capital in 1995 with Patrick McMahon and Eric Keiter, Perkins worked for 13 years at Salomon Brothers. Keiter retired from MKP Capital in 2006.
