Leon Cooperman

After 25 years of service, Leon Cooperman retired from his positions as a General Partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs Asset Management at the end of 1991 in order to organize a private investment partnership, under the direction of Omega Advisors, Inc. At Goldman Sachs, Mr. Cooperman spent 15 years as Partner and from 1990 to 1991, as Of Counsel to the Management Committee. In 1989, he became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and was Chief Investment Officer of the equity product line including managing the GS Capital Growth Fund, an open-end mutual fund, for one and one-half years. Prior to those appointments, Mr. Cooperman spent 22 years in the Investment Research Department as Partner-in-charge, Co-Chairman of the Investment Policy Committee and Chairman of the Stock Selection Committee. For nine consecutive years,Mr. Cooperman was voted the number one portfolio strategist in the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team survey. As a designated Chartered Financial Analyst, Mr. Cooperman is a senior member and past President of the New York Society of Security Analysts. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., a Trustee of Saint Barnabas Hospital, and Chairman of the Saint Barnabas Development Foundation, a member of the Board of Overseers of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, a member of the Board of Directors of the Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation, and a member of the Investment Committee of the Museum of Modern Art. Mr. Cooperman received his MBA from Columbia University and his undergraduate degree from Hunter College. He is a recipient of Roger Williams University’s Honorary Doctor of Finance and was inducted to Hunter College’s Hall of Fame. He and his wife Toby have two sons and two granddaughters.