Thomas Klingenstein

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Thomas Klingenstein
Born
Thomas Davis Klingenstein

1954 (age 6970)
NationalityAmerican
Education Williams College
OccupationFinancier
TitleChairman of the board of trustees, Claremont Institute
Term2010-
Spouse(s)
Nancy Deborah Perlman
(m. 1986;died 2018)

Robin D. Weaver
Children2
Relatives Joseph Klingenstein (grandfather)
Website https://tomklingenstein.com/

Thomas Davis Klingenstein (born 1954) is an American hedge fund manager, a leading donor to the US Republican Party, and chairman of the board of trustees of the Claremont Institute, a conservative think tank, since 2010. [1]

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Early life

He is the son of John Klingenstein and Patricia Davis Klingenstein (1929–2023). [2] [3] Thomas has three siblings, Nancy Klingenstein Simpkins, Andy Klingenstein, and Sally Klingenstein Martell. [3] His grandfather, Joseph Klingenstein, was an investment banker, and co-founded Wertheim & Co., an investment firm. [2]

He was educated at Williams College. [4]

Career

Klingenstein is a partner in Cohen Klingenstein, a Wall Street hedge fund investment firm that administers a portfolio worth more than US$2.3 billion, as of 2023. [5] Cohen Klingenstein was founded in 1981, and is principally owned by George M. Cohen and Klingenstein. [6]

Klingenstein has donated more than $10 million in the 2024 election cycle. [7]

Personal life

On 6 July 1986, Klingenstein married Nancy Deborah Perlman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Perlman of Tucson, Arizona, in Greenwich, Connecticut. [8] They had two daughters together. [2] Nancy died in 2018. [2]

Klingenstein is now married to Robin D. Weaver, a lawyer, and they live in New York. [9] [10]

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