Gregg Hymowitz
Gregg Hymowitz (born 1966)[1] is chairman, chief executive officer and founder of EnTrust Global,[2] a diversified alternative investment firm.[3][4] He is known as an activist investor, approving a $650 million investment in Nestlé in May 2017.[5] In 1990, he graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School with a JD, and received a BA, Phi Beta Kappa, from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1987.[6]
He began his career as an attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom where he focused on mergers and acquisitions before joining Goldman, Sachs & Co. as a vice president in 1992. In 1997 he left Goldman to establish Entrust Global (originally EnTrust Capital).[1] The firm joined The Permal Group in 2016, assuming the name of EnTrustPermal, and rebranded to EnTrust Global in 2019.[7]
References
- ^ a b Weiss, Miles (10 January 2014). "Hymowitz Raises $600 Million to Back Activist Investors". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "EnTrust Global: Not Only A Fund Of Funds | AlphaWeek". www.alpha-week.com. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ "Karmic reckoning? Investors in activist hedge funds agitate for change". Reuters. 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ "EnTrustPermal rebrands as EnTrust Global". 3 July 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Benoit, Juliet Chung and David. "The Man Behind Activist Investors' Biggest Bets". WSJ. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ School, Harvard Law. "Traphagen Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series with Gregg Hymowitz JD'90". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ Knab, Matthias. "EnTrust Permal rebrands as EnTrust Global - Opalesque". www.opalesque.com. Retrieved 2019-12-31.