Need Help - Hedge Funds Chicago

Looking to move into HF with little experience. Came from Corp Finance and want to find a company that will look to hire entry level. Any suggestions for companies to look at? Doesn't need to be the biggest or best. Just want to get into the industry and specifically in Chicago. I finish up school in December from a school that is nowhere near Chicago, so I'm a little concerned, but I have a backup offer from my internship there from the summer. I just want to find work I'm interested in which i know is in HF. Thanks.

 
Most Helpful

These are the "Citadel cubs", some of them might be based in Chicago. Beware these are probably mostly low-net / market-neutral given Citadel lineage - make sure you are down for that style.

Gillson, Alyeska, Magnetar, and Kodai I know are Illinois-based.

Emanuele Minotti Theorema Asset Management
Reade Griffith Polygon
Bradford Couri and Levoyd Robinson Chicago Fundamental Investment Partners
Alec Litowitz Magnetar Capital
Matthew Wood Lancaster Investment Management
Matt Halbower Pentwater Capital Management
Richard Levy, Brendan Carroll, Matthew Ray and David Valentine Victory Park Capital
Anand Parekh Alyeska Investment Group
Danny Yong Dyman Asia Capital
Pavandeep Sethi Gladius Capital Management
Misha Malyshev Teza Capital Management
Robert Polak Anchor Bolt Capital
Joe Russell Bell Point Capital
Svetlana Lee Varna Capital
Todd Kantor Encompass Capital
Clint Murray Lodge Hill Capital
Nathan Miller NGM Asset Management
Efrem Kamen Pura Vida Investments
Kevin Scherer Continuum Investment Management
Greg Konezny Provenire Capital
Gina Goodman Reid Street Fund
Andy Greenberg Saker Management
Stephen Perkins Toronado Capital Management
Philip Ordway Anabatic Investment
Anthony Chedid Cedrus Park Management
Rick McQuet Club Hill Capital
Arthur Kaz Greenbriar Asset Management
Wayne Yu BCK Capital
Jacob Walthour Jr. Blueprint Capital Advisors
Steve Pigott Fort Baker Capital
Neil Shahrestani Ikarian Capital Management
Renee Yao Neo Ivy Capital
Jonathan Tunick Vitalogy Capital Partners
Sal Abbasi Coatbridge Capital
Jeff Schleppy Illumine Capital Group
Steven Boyd Trebuchet Capital Management
Daniel Chai Turret Capital
Jonathan Graham Aquatic Capital Management
Andrew Rechtschaffen AREX Capital Management
Kevin McCarthy and Shantanu Mukherjee Breakline Capital
Matthew Smith Deep Basin Capital
Brandon Haley Holocene Advisors
Peter Seuss Prana Capital
Michael Cowley Sandbar Asset Management
Bradley Davis Tetrahedron Capital
Hal Goltz Acta Capital
Ethan Youderian Phase3 Capital Management
Scott Carmel Southside Capital
William Wyatt The Donerail Group
David Witzke Avidity Partners Management
Donn Stobierski Black Bear Capital Advisors
Greg Blotnik Brattle Street Capital
Brandon Wier BWCP
Jack Woodruff Candlestick Capital
Richard Schimel and Larry Sapanski Cinctive Capital Management
Suraj Chopra Force Hill Capital Management
Edgar Allen High Ground Investment Management
Brian Scudieri Kehrs Ridge Capital
Winston Feng MassAve Global
Greg Royce Maximus Long Short Equity
Mark Schlueter Sagefield Capital
Bob Peart Volofin
Michael Rockefeller and Karl Kroeker Woodline Capital
Rushin Shah Nine27 Capital
Prashanth Jayaram Tri Locum Partners
Daniel Johnson Gillson Capital
 

Omnis et magni non corporis. Repellendus qui sed perspiciatis molestias similique beatae aut. Quam itaque voluptas suscipit autem nulla enim.

Reiciendis a voluptas totam est. Non voluptas accusantium est labore nesciunt qui tenetur dicta. Non accusantium dolorem voluptatem dolorem dolorem excepturi. Dolorem sit hic laboriosam itaque saepe doloribus.

Ipsam libero eum aut quas voluptate unde delectus sed. Dolor in at deserunt qui. A distinctio occaecati sed earum corrupti id repudiandae.

Cumque rerum illo in quibusdam exercitationem aut eligendi. Est atque quia assumenda aut labore optio. Laudantium voluptatibus aperiam necessitatibus similique.

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2024 Hedge Fund

  • Point72 98.9%
  • D.E. Shaw 97.9%
  • Citadel Investment Group 96.8%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.8%
  • AQR Capital Management 94.7%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2024 Hedge Fund

  • Magnetar Capital 98.9%
  • D.E. Shaw 97.8%
  • Blackstone Group 96.8%
  • Two Sigma Investments 95.7%
  • Citadel Investment Group 94.6%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2024 Hedge Fund

  • AQR Capital Management 99.0%
  • Point72 97.9%
  • D.E. Shaw 96.9%
  • Magnetar Capital 95.8%
  • Citadel Investment Group 94.8%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2024 Hedge Fund

  • Portfolio Manager (9) $1,648
  • Vice President (23) $474
  • Director/MD (12) $423
  • NA (6) $322
  • 3rd+ Year Associate (25) $287
  • Manager (4) $282
  • Engineer/Quant (71) $274
  • 2nd Year Associate (30) $251
  • 1st Year Associate (73) $190
  • Analysts (227) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (23) $131
  • Junior Trader (5) $102
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (253) $90
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
3
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
99.0
4
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
5
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
6
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
7
kanon's picture
kanon
98.9
8
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
9
Linda Abraham's picture
Linda Abraham
98.8
10
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”