Long-Term Capital Management

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Long-Term Capital Management

COMPANY

Hedge fund, founded 1994. After substantial growth in its first few years, it suffered an astonishing loss of $4.6B in 1998, causing a bailout coordinated by the Federal Reserve in order to prevent a panic. The firm folded in 2000.

Industry:
Private Equity

Corporate headquarters:
Greenwich, CT

EXECUTIVES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

John W. Meriwether Business 10-Aug-1947 Long-Term Capital Management

Robert C. Merton Economist 31-Jul-1944 Risk management and options

David W. Mullins Business 28-Apr-1946 Vice Chairman of the Fed, 1991-94

Myron S. Scholes Economist 1-Jul-1941 Black-Scholes options pricing model

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