Anne Dias-Griffin
| Anne Dias-Griffin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1971 |
| Nationality |  France |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | Hedge fund manager |
| Spouse | Kenneth C. Griffin |
Anne Dias-Griffin (born 1971, in France) is a French hedge fund manager, she works at Aragon Global Management, a $100 million [1] fund focusing on global equities that she founded.[1] It is one of the largest hedge funds managed by a woman.[citation needed]
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[edit] Early life
She was born in France and speaks five languages. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and then went to Harvard Business School where she obtained her MBA in 1997.[citation needed]
[edit] Career
She has worked as a financial analyst in the Investment Banking department of Goldman Sachs in London and New York and at Fidelity Investments Limited in London then Ms. Dias Griffin moved on as an analyst and a portfolio manager at Soros Fund Management. At Soros, she covered the retail and financial services industry and managed a long/short portfolio of financial services stocks, then she would move on and become an analyst at Viking Global Investors, focusing on global media and internet stocks.[citation needed]
She started her own fund that invests in Media, Technology, and Telecommunications companies around the world. Aragon Global Management LLC in Chicago. She was also named to the Crain's Chicago Business 40 under 40 list for 2006.[2]
[edit] Charity
Dias-Griffin is one of the Directors of the charity Friends of Island Academy. (FOIA) reaches out to youth prior to their release from Rikers Island Prison. Upon discharge, FOIA provides job training, counseling, education, mentoring, and youth leadership development.[3] In 2004 she was also a member of the board of the Robin Hood Foundation. She is also on the Advisory Board of WomanOnCall.org [2].
In October 2006, Dias-Griffin and her husband Kenneth C. Griffin gave $19 million to the Art Institute of Chicago, commemorating one of their first dates.[citation needed] Their donation will help build a $260 million three-story wing at the Institute [3] (Crain Communications Inc. reported the new wing will cost $350 million [4]). Its Kenneth and Anne Griffin Court is set to open in 2009.
[edit] Published Papers
- Moss, David, Anne Dias, and Bertrand O. Stephann. The French Pension System: On the Verge of Retirement? Harvard Business School Case 798-032.*[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Roundtable Discussion with Female Hedge Fund Managers". 2004-12-01. http://www.100womeninhedgefunds.org/events/100WHF1204.pdf. Retrieved 2006-08-06.
- ^ Crains, editorial staff (2006). "Escape Focus 40 under 40, 2006". Crain's. http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?portal_id=35&mpid=35&page_id=2086. Retrieved 2006-11-05.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Friends of Island Academy. Friends of Island Academy. 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-11-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20061125011002/http://www.foiany.org/foia/Board/board.php. Retrieved 2006-10-15.
- ^ "David A. Moss". Publications. Harvard Business School. 2006. http://dor.hbs.edu/fit/fi_redirect.jhtml?facInfo=pub&facEmId=dmoss. Retrieved 2006-10-15.
