Leon G. Cooperman

Leon G. “Lee” Cooperman is an American billionaire investor and hedge fund manager. He is the chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors, a New York-based investment advisory firm managing over $3.3 billion in assets under management, the majority consisting of his personal wealth. 

• A Wall Street legend, Leon Cooperman built up Goldman Sachs‘ asset management division, GSAM, in his quarter century with the investment bank.
• Cooperman founded Omega Advisors in 1991, a hedge fund known for strong performance; he shut down the fund at the end of 2018.
• In 2017, Cooperman settled SEC insider trading charges by paying $4.9 million, but neither admitted nor denied the accusations.
• The son of a plumber from the Bronx, Cooperman went to public schools, Hunter College and then got an MBA from Columbia University.