{"id":4849,"date":"2006-08-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"hedge-fund-manager-wins-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/08\/2006\/hedge-fund-manager-wins-for-charity.html","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Hedge Fund Manager Wins for Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HedgeCo.Net (New York) &#8211; David Einhorn, founder and <span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span> of hedge fund Greenlight Capital, raised $659,730 for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Research byfinishing 18th in the World Series of Poker\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s main event. After jumping to third place during the tournament he said, \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cI\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2m playing for charity,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d shocking his fellow players. \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cThe Michael J. FoxFoundation. Anything I win goes to that. My grandfather had Parkinson\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d Einhorn sits on the foundation&#8217;s board.<\/p>\n<div class=\"writeboardbody\">\n<p>    Einhorn has a string of wins in his company\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s history. One outlandish $250,100 bid for lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett in \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u015303, won him lunch for eight with Buffett at the Smith    &amp; Wollensky steak house in New York. Proceeds from the auction to benefit San Francisco\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Glide Foundation, which has programs for the homeless and needy people.  <\/p>\n<p>    Einhorn followed former Hollywood talent agent Jamie Gold in first place who won the $12 million grand prize, in second was Erik Friberg, a 23-year-old online poker pro from Sweden, with 7.7    million.  <\/p>\n<p>    New York hedge fund Greenlight Capital <span class=\"caps\">LLC<\/span> is an investment firm that invests primarily in publicly traded US corporate debt offerings and equities. Greenlight and its    affiliates manage some $3 billion in assets.  <\/p>\n<p>    Einhorn graduated summa cum laude with distinction in all subjects from Cornell University, where he earned a BA from the College of Arts and Sciences.  <\/p>\n<p>    Alex Akesson<br \/>    Contributing Writer<br \/>    HedgeCo.Net<br \/>    Email: Editor@hedgeco.net  <\/p>\n<p>    HedgeCo.Net is a premier hedge fund database and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership on www.hedgeco.net is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for Hedge    Funds!  <\/p>\n<p>    <strong>Be sure to check out our sister sites. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundlounge.com\/\">www.hedgefundlounge.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundtools.com\/\">www.hedgefundtools.com,<\/a><\/strong>    and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundemployment.com\/\"><strong>www.hedgefundemployment.com.<\/strong><\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HedgeCo.Net (New York) &#8211; David Einhorn, founder and CEO of hedge fund Greenlight Capital, raised $659,730 for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Research byfinishing 18th in the World Series of Poker\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s main event. After jumping to third place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}