Columbia University Graduate School of Bus. in Conjunction with Gabelli Funds Names Leon G. Cooperman 2015 Recipient of Graha...
May 21 2015 - 9:00AM
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Gabelli Funds announces the recipient of the Graham & Dodd,
Murray, Greenwald Prize for Value Investing at its thirtieth client
conference on Friday, May 15 in New York. He is Leon G. Cooperman
of Omega Advisors.
Tano Santos, the David L. and Elise M. Dodd Professor of
Finance, and the faculty co-director and head of research of the
Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing said in
introducing Mr. Cooperman, “Leon Cooperman’s contributions to the
field of value investing over the past nearly 50 years are
immeasurable. We are fortunate to be a beneficiary of his vast
talents and largesse at Columbia Business School.”
Leon G. Cooperman is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Omega
Advisors, a private investment partnership he organized in 1991
where he oversees in excess of $10 billion in assets. Previously,
he spent 25 years with Goldman Sachs, where he was a partner and
served as chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. While
at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Cooperman was voted the number one portfolio
strategist in the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team
survey for nine consecutive years. This remarkable accomplishment
solidified his reputation as the most incisive analyst on Wall
Street. In 2013, Mr. Cooperman was inducted into Alpha Magazine’s
Hedge Fund Hall of Fame. Mr. Cooperman received his undergraduate
degree from Hunter College, where he has been inducted into the
Hall of Fame. He is the recipient of an honorary doctorate of
humane letters from Hunter College and an honorary doctorate of
finance from Roger Williams University. Mr. Cooperman earned his
MBA from Columbia Business School in 1967.
Gabelli created the annual prize to honor an individual,
student, or practitioner who has made an outstanding contribution
to enlarge the field of value investing. Known as the “Gabelli
Prize,” the company funded the prize with $1 million and presents
the award at its annual client meetings.
GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE:GBL), through its subsidiaries,
manages assets of private advisory accounts (GAMCO), mutual funds
and closed-end funds (Gabelli Funds, LLC), and partnerships and
offshore funds (Investment Partnerships) and is known for its
Private Market Value with a Catalyst™ style of investment. As of
March 31, 2015, GAMCO Investors, Inc. had $46.5 billion in assets
under management.
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