John Paulson

John Paulson is the President and Portfolio Manager of Paulson & Co. Inc. (“Paulson”). Paulson is an SEC-registered investment management company specializing in global merger, event arbitrage and credit strategies. The firm was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in New York with offices in London and Hong Kong.  Paulson was ranked by Absolute Return Magazine as of the beginning of 2009 as the 3rd largest hedge fund in the world managing approximately $29bb in merger, event and distressed strategies. In 2007 Paulson won the Arbitrage Fund of the Year, Best New Fund of the Year and Management Firm of the Year award by Absolute Return. In 2008 Paulson was the Event Driven Fund of the Year, Distressed Securities of the Year and for the second time, Management Firm of the Year.Mr. Paulson received his Masters of Business Administration with high distinction, as a Baker Scholar, from Harvard Business School in 1980. He graduated summa cum laude in Finance from New York University’s College of Business and Public Administration in 1978. Prior to forming Paulson in 1994, John was a general partner of Gruss Partners and a managing director in mergers and acquisitions at Bear Stearns.