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Name

Leon G. Cooperman

Primary Residence

Short Hills, New Jersey

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Hunter College | Master of Business Administration, Columbia Business School

Citizenship

United States

Affiliated Companies

Omega Advisors, Inc.

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

hedge funds, Self Made

Net Worth

$3,000,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/leon-g-cooperman

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

745

Forbes Philanthropy Score

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#745 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#239 Forbes 400 2018

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

Forbes List Rank Three: Link

https://www.forbes.com/hedge-fund-managers/

Summary

A Wall Street legend, Leon Cooperman built up Goldman Sachs' asset management division, GSAM, in his quarter century with the investment bank.Cooperman founded Omega Advisors in 1991, a hedge fund known for strong performance; he shut down the fund at the end of 2018.In 2017, Cooperman settled SEC insider-trading charges by paying $4.9 million, but neither admitted nor denied the accusations.The son of a plumber from the Bronx, Cooperman went to public schools, Hunter College and then got an MBA from Columbia University.

Did you know?

Cooperman is a dedicated philanthropist having signed the giving pledge. He set up a college scholars fund and is a donor to Hunter College and Columbia's business school.

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Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_G._Cooperman