Dawn Fitzpatrick

Dawn Fitzpatrick
Nationality American
Alma mater Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (B.S.)
Occupation Chief Investment Officer, Soros Fund Management
Children 3

Dawn Fitzpatrick is an Americans investment banker and financial officer based in New York City. She is known for her work as a hedge fund manager and as the Chief Investment Officer at Soros Fund Management.

Early years

Fitzpatrick "is a second-generation Irish American with ancestors hailing from Kilkenny and Cork on her father's and mother's side", and is a native of New York. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.[1] While at UPenn Fitzpatrick ran track.[2] She is married with three children.[3]

Career

Fitzpatrick started working at O'Connor & Associates in 1992 and went on to become the global head and CIO of O'Connor within the alternative and quantitative investments area. In August 2013, when O'Connor became a standalone business area within UBS Global Asset Management, Fitzpatrick was promoted to global head and chief investment officer (CIO) at O'Connor.[4][5][6]

Fitzpatrick was named one of Business Insider's most powerful women on Wall Street in 2013.[7] In 2015, American Banker put her on their list of the 25 most powerful women in finance and The Hedge Fund Journal put her on the list of 50 leading women in hedge funds.[8]

In January 2016, Fitzpatrick became the Global Head of Equities, Multi-Asset and O’Connor at UBS Asset Management, responsible for overseeing more than CHF 300 billion in assets.[9] In January 2017, she became Head of Investments within UBS Asset Management.[10] She was also a member of the UBS Asset Management Executive Committee.[11]


As of April 2017, she was the Chief Investment Officer at Soros Fund Management.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Dawn Fitzpatrick/UBS O'Connor". Irish America.
  2. ↑ "Women's Track & Field and Cross Country Letterwinners". Penn Athletics. June 4, 2002. Archived from the original on 2016-06-23.
  3. 1 2 "Men Bet She Would Fail; Now She Runs a $26 Billion Fund". The New York Times. April 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Dawn Fitzpatrick". Managed Funds Association.
  5. ↑ "O'Connor Hedge Fund Scores Gains Where Prop Desks Exited". Bloomberg News. November 14, 2014.
  6. ↑ "UBS Names Fitzpatrick to Lead Combined Fund Unit in Shakeup". Bloomberg News. November 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ "The 25 Most Powerful Women On Wall Street: Dawn Fitzpatrick". Business Insider. March 8, 2013.
  8. ↑ "The 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance: No. 24: Dawn Fitzpatrick, UBS O'Connor". American Banker. September 22, 2015.
  9. ↑ "UBS Names Fitzpatrick to Lead Combined Fund Unit in Shakeup". Bloomberg News. November 24, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Soros Hires New Chief Investment Officer". The Wall Street Journal. January 31, 2017.
  11. ↑ "50 Leading Women In Hedge Funds 2015" (PDF). The Hedge Fund Journal. June 18, 2015.
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