Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. John Paulson. John Alfred Paulson (born December 14, 1955) is an American hedge fund manager and billionaire[4] who heads Paulson & Co., a New York-based investment management firm he founded in 1994.
He has been called "one of the most prominent names in high finance"[5] and "a man who made one of the biggest fortunes in Wall Street history".[6] His prominence and fortune were made in 2007 when he earned "almost $4 billion" personally and was transformed "from an obscure money manager into a financial legend"[6] by using credit default swaps to effectively bet against the U.S. subprime mortgage lending market. In 2011, Paulson earned "$4.9 billion" according to Business Insider.[7] As of March 2014, Forbes estimates his net worth at $13.5 billion.[2] Early life and education[edit] Paulson was born in 1955 in Queens, New York, the third of four children of Alfredo Guillermo Paulson[1][8] (November 22, 1924 - July 24, 2002) and Jacqueline Paulson (née Boklan born 1926).[9] The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson ... - Gregory Zuckerman - Google ספרים.
Big boost for SEAS. It was a festive setting as hundreds of members of the Harvard community gathered in the lower atrium of the Northwest Science Building Wednesday afternoon to celebrate the largest gift in the University’s 379-year history.
Earlier in the day, Harvard President Drew Faust announced in an email that Harvard Business School (HBS) alumnus, businessman, and philanthropist John A. Paulson, M.B.A ’80, made a gift of $400 million to support research, teaching, financial aid, and faculty development for Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). The gift builds on the momentum of Harvard’s $6.5 billion capital campaign, which had reached the $5 billion mark by the close of 2014.
Near a small dais, two crimson flags bearing the veritas shield were flanked by video monitors reflecting a name change to the School that will honor the transformative gift: the Harvard John A. Harvard receives its largest gift. Harvard announced today that alumnus John A.
Paulson, M.B.A. ’80, founder and president of Paulson & Co., has made the largest gift in the University’s history, a $400 million endowment to support the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). To honor his generosity, the School will be renamed the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Paulson’s gift comes at a time of great opportunity for SEAS. Founded in 1847 as the Lawrence Scientific School, it later became the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences and then, in 2007, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The School is also planning for expansion into Allston, where its scientists and engineers will occupy state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities within a campus anchored by science and adjacent to Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab). John Paulson Gives $400 Million to Harvard for Engineering School. Photo Harvard announced Wednesday that the billionaire hedge fund manager John A.
Paulson had given a $400 million endowment to support the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences — the largest gift in the university’s history. Drew Gilpin Faust, the president of , said in a statement that Mr. Paulson’s appreciation for the importance of the engineering school “to faculty, students and schools across the university” had led to the gift. The donation, Dr. Mr. He is among the best paid hedge fund managers and took home $2.3 billion in 2013, according to a ranking by Institutional Investor’s Alpha magazine. He is also known for his expensive taste in art; the walls of his office in Rockefeller Center in Manhattan are lined with Alexander Calder watercolors. In recent years, Mr. His gift to Harvard helped the university’s $6.5 billion fund-raising campaign, which started publicly in September 2013.
As soon as the gift was announced, a chorus of criticism erupted, much of it mocking Mr. Gladwell takes on John Paulson over Harvard gift. Harvard alumnus' record gift to school faces criticism. Malcolm Gladwell mercilessly mocks John Paulson’s obscene $400 million gift to Harvard. ScienceGuide - Harvard krijgt recordschenking. 4 juni 2015 - Het is de grootste donatie ooit uit de 379 jaar van de geschiedenis van de universiteit.
Echt heel fier op de goedgeefse alumnus is men op Harvard eigenlijk niet en dat John Paulson dicteert dat het instituut waar hij studeerde in dank voor zijn $400 miljoen voortaan zijn naam draagt, leidt ook tot het nodige gekreun. Deze “extraordinary gift will enable the growth and ensure the strength of engineering and applied sciences at Harvard for the benefit of generations to come,” zegt Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust braaf. Wat kan ze anders? Multimiljardair en hedgefund-koning Paulson heeft jaren met zijn alma mater gepraat en dit is de uitkomst.