Can you name the next generation of corporate agitators? Meet six of the top young activist hedge fund managers.
Jesse Cohn
Age: 34
Firm: Elliott Management
Position: ‎Portfolio manager and head of U.S. equity activism
Joined: 2004
Assets: More than $25 billion for Elliott overall (no activist position breakout available)
Pedigree: Wharton undergrad; Morgan Stanley analyst
Targets: Riverbed Technology, Juniper Networks, EMC
Fun fact: Serial triathlete
Scott Ferguson
Age: 40
Firm: Sachem Head Capital Management
Position: Founder and managing partner
Founded: 2012
Assets: about $3 billion
Pedigree: Harvard MBA; Pershing Square Capital Management partner
Targets: Zoetis, CDK Global
Fun fact: First investment staffer hired by Ackman at Pershing Square
Keith Meister
Age: 41
Firm: Corvex Management
Position: Founder and managing partner
Founded: 2010
Assets: $8 billion
Pedigree: Harvard undergrad; top deputy to Carl Icahn
Targets: American Realty Capital Properties, Crown Castle International, Williams Companies, CommonWealth REIT
Fun fact: Defensive back for Harvard football team
Mick McGuire
Age: 38
Firm: Marcato Capital Management
Position: Founder and managing partner
Founded: 2010
Assets: $3 billion
Pedigree: Harvard MBA; Pershing Square Capital Management partner
Targets: Bank of New York Mellon, Sotheby's, Lear
Fun fact: Bill Ackman plugged McGuire as a highly eligible bachelor at a 2013 charity investing conference where both men spoke
Jeff Smith
Age: 42
Firm: Starboard Value
Position: CEO and CIO
Founded: 2011 (running same strategy as at Ramius, which Smith helped launch in 2002)
Assets: $4 billion
Pedigree: University of Pennsylvania undergrad; Ramius
Targets: Darden, Yahoo, Office Depot, Insperity, LSB Industries
Fun fact: Worked as vice president of strategic development at The Fresh Juice Co., the business his father founded
Alex Denner
Age: 45
Firm: Sarissa Capital Management
Position: Founder and CIO
Founded: 2013
Assets: $639 million
Pedigree: Yale PhD, Viking Global Investors portfolio manager, head of healthcare/biotechnology for Carl Icahn
Targets: Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Vivus, Astex
Fun fact: Used to eat at upscale Manhattan sushi restaurant Nobu as many as three times a week (now based in Greenwich, Connecticut.)
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