hedge

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Billionaire hedge fund founder turned environmentalist Tom Steyer was in third place with 22.5% — knocking the Democrat out of contention for the November election.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Both CNN and NBC News projected Hilton, a former British political strategist and Fox News commentator, had enough votes to maintain his lead from third-place candidate Tom Steyer, a billionaire hedge manager.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

By contrast, Hilton presented himself as the “more cosmopolitan” candidate who “can talk to the hedge fund manager or the small-business owner or the Sacramento lobbyist,” said Klink said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The endowment leadership and board of UNC Management have been discussing whether and how to hedge the position once SpaceX is public, said one of the people familiar with the endowment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

By the end of 2006, according to the PerTrac Hedge Fund Database Study, there were 13,675 hedge funds reporting results, and thousands of other types of institutional investors allowed to invest in credit default swaps.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis