Henry Swieca

Henry Swieca Biography

Henry Swieca is the co-founder of Highbridge Capital Management and the founder of Talpion Fund Management.

Early life

Swieca grew up in Washington Heights, New York. He is the son of two Holocaust survivors from Poland who emigrated from France in 1955. Both his parents died when he was nineteen. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Stony Brook University and a MBA from Columbia Business School.

Career

Henry begain his career trading stocks with a small amount of money that his parents left for him. He was able to support his brother through Medical School with the money he made from trading. After graduation, Swieca worked at Merrill Lynch, becoming one of the founding traders on the New York Futures Exchange where he traded equity index options. He later joined Dillon Read as an institutional investor advisor. In 1984, Henry Swieca and Glenn Dubin formed the Dubin and Swieca Group at E.F. Hutton. They pioneered the integration of traditional securities investments and derivative investment strategies.

In 1992, Swieca started Highbridge Capital Management with Glenn Dubin. They sold a 55% stake to JP Morgan Chase in 2004 and substantially all remaining shares in 2009.

Personal

Swieca is married to Israeli American Estee Tobaly with whom he has four children. Swieca practices Orthodox Judaism.

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