Mark E. Kingdon is a hedge fund manager and president of the 4 billion USD Kingdon Capital Management, an investment management company which he founded in 1983.
Education
By high school, Kingdon was already authoring an investment newsletter. He went on to attend Columbia University and received and M.B.A from the Harvard Business School.
Early Career
After leaving Columbia College in New York City and then HBS, Kindon began his first job at AT&T. His belief was that by working in the firm’s pension fund administration group he would experience a number of different kinds of investment outfits. In 1975 he went on to join one of those companies, New York based Century Capital Associates, he remained there for eight years.
Personal Life
Kingdon and his wife are devoted to their two children. Outside of work, Kingdon, a third-degree black belt, attends tae kwan do classes three times a week. “No matter how tough the markets are,” he laughs, “when you are out there practicing martial arts against a guy who is twenty years younger and is aiming for your head, you tend not to worry about your stocks. ”
Mark Kingdon is a member of the Columbia College Board of Visitors and also serves on the boards of the Harlem Children’s Zone, Carnegie Hall, the New York City Police Foundation and the Academy of Political Science. He further endowed the C. Lowell Harriss Professorship of Economics in 1998 in honor of his undergraduate mentor.
Quotes
“I knew I wanted to get into this business from the time I was thirteen, when I was given a couple of shares of stock. Even though the market nose-dived soon thereafter, I was taken with the idea that you could buy something that made money and then go out and do something else during the day. That seemed like a wonderful way to make a living. ”
Links
Kingdon Capital Management Site
Hedge Fund Heat 