Lee Ainslie | |
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| Born | Lee S. Ainslie III 1964 (age 60–61) [1] Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Known for | Founding Maverick Capital |
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| Board member of | Robin Hood Foundation |
| Spouse | Elizabeth |
| Children | 2 |
Lee S. Ainslie III (born 1964) is an American businessman who founded the hedge fund firm Maverick Capital. [2] [3] He is also a board member of the Robin Hood Foundation and owns a minority stake in the Washington Commanders of the National Football League.
Ainslie's father was headmaster of Episcopal High School, a private school in Alexandria, Virginia, from which Ainslie graduated. [4] Ainslie holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan–Flagler Business School. [5] [6]
Prior to founding Maverick Capital in 1993, Ainslie worked at Tiger Management, where he and other former employees had been nicknamed "Tiger Cubs" in the hedge fund industry. [5] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] Ainslie helped form Maverick Capital in 1993 at the invitation of billionaire Sam Wyly. [12] [13] Maverick Capital was reported to have $9 billion under management in 2013. [14] [15]
Ainslie has been profiled in books such as Hedge Hunters, by Katherine Burton, [16] New Investment Superstars by Lois Peltz. [17] and The Big Win by Stephen Weiss. [18]
Ainslie supported Mitt Romney in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. [19] [20] He is on the board of directors of the Robin Hood Foundation. [21] [22] In 2023, Ainslie was a part of an investment group led by Josh Harris that purchased the Washington Commanders, an American football team belonging to the National Football League, for $6.05 billion. [23] [24]
He and his wife Elizabeth have two sons. [25]
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