J. Ezra Merkin
- January 8, 2024
- Investor
Quick Facts
| Full Name | J. Ezra Merkin |
| Occupation | Investor |
| Date Of Birth | Apr 19, 1953(1953-04-19) |
| Age | 71 |
| Birthplace | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | New York |
| Horoscope | Aries |
J. Ezra Merkin Biography
| Name | J. Ezra Merkin |
| Birthday | Apr 19 |
| Birth Year | 1953 |
| Place Of Birth | New York City |
| Home Town | New York |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Parents | Hermann Merkin, Ursula Merkin |
| Siblings | Solomon N Merkin, Daphne Merkin, Dinah Mendes, Deborah Gerber, David Elisha Merkin |
| Spouse | Lauren Merkin |
J. Ezra Merkin is one of the most popular and richest Investor who was born on April 19, 1953 in New York City, New York, United States.
From 1979 to 1982, he worked for the law firm Milbank Tweed. He worked at Halcyon Investments from 1982 to 1985. He moved on to Halcyon, a hedge fund run by Alan B. Slifka, his father’s friend. There he met Joel Greenblatt, who founded Gotham Capital in 1985, where Merkin worked until 1988, as an analyst and a managing partner in Gotham Capital LP and Ariel Capital LP.
Victor Teicher specialized in merger-related investments. In 1988 he was indicted for insider trading, convicted in 1990, and in 1994 jailed for a year.
J. Ezra Merkin Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Investor |
| House | Living in own house. |
J. Ezra Merkin is one of the richest Investor from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, J. Ezra Merkin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Jacob Ezra Merkin (born April 19, 1953) is an American investor, hedge fund manager and philanthropist. He had been a fund manager and capital raiser until 2008 when one of the funds in Gabriel Capital LP, his $5 billion group of hedge funds became insolvent because a large portion of its assets was invested with the convicted Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff. The fallout from his investment with Madoff has been extensive. He navigated a series of lawsuits without a finding of fraud or knowledge of the scheme, but agreed to repay any fees earned from the investment in Madoff historically. He had to resign a series of positions including his role as Non-executive Chairman of GMAC.
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In August 1998, Merkin again hired Teicher to manage about $1 billion as an independent operator, paying him $1 million a year plus incentives. In 1988 Merkin began putting a substantial portion of the money he raised for Gabriel Capital with Teicher. From 1988 to 1998, Teicher actually managed Merkin’s off-shore, Ariel fund and Gabriel Capital. Merkin “occupied himself primarily with raising money for the funds using his extensive social and professional network.”
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John Ranked on the list of most popular Investor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. J. Ezra Merkin celebrates birthday on April 19 of every year.
In 2006, Cerberus appointed Merkin as nonexecutive Chairman of GMAC, a large investment for Cerberus. This investment was nearly a washout, but ultimately Cerberus investors recouped their capital. However, in January 2009, Merkin had to resign from his chairmanship as a condition of the U.S. Federal Reserve granting GMAC bank holding company status, so it could obtain access to bailout money.