Henry Alexander Swieca was born on 1957 and is the co-founder and former Chief Investment Officer of Highbridge Capital Management and the founder of Talpion Fund Management.
15 Facts About Henry Swieca
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Henry Swieca is the son of two Holocaust survivors from Poland who emigrated from France in 1955.
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Henry Swieca's mother died of Lou Gehrig's disease; within months, his father died from a heart attack.
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Now orphaned, Henry Swieca turned to the stock market to pay for his education and that of his younger brother.
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Henry Swieca then used the shares as collateral to invest in option based trading strategies, and in the process gained a strong understanding of risk management while generating additional investment income.
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Henry Swieca held the Warner shares for two years, doubling his money.
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Henry Swieca was later accepted into Columbia Business School on a two-year deferment.
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Henry Swieca began his career trading stocks with $50,000 that his parents left for him.
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Henry Swieca was able to support his brother through medical school with the money he made from investing.
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Henry Swieca later joined Dillon Read as an institutional investor advisor.
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In 1992 Henry Swieca started Highbridge Capital Management with childhood friend Glenn Dubin.
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Henry Swieca served as the firm's chief investment officer from inception to its acquisition.
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Henry Swieca is on the board of The National World War II Museum and resigned from the board of The Columbia Graduate School of Business in October 2023.
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Henry Swieca is married to Israeli American Estee Tobaly with whom he has four children.
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Henry Swieca owns a summer residence in Atlantic Beach, New York.