Richard Hurowitz
| Richard Hurowitz | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Yale University, Columbia Law School |
| 💼 Occupation | Investor, writer, publisher |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Sharon Coplan Hurowitz |
| 👶 Children | 2 |
Richard Hurowitz is an American writer, investor, and businessman. He is the CEO of Octavian and Company, a global investment firm. He is the founder and publisher of the Octavian Report, a quarterly magazine covering economics, politics, and culture, and the founder of Octavian Advisors, an investment fund sold to private equity firm TPG Capital in 2013.[1]
Education[edit]
Hurowitz received a bachelor's degree in history from Yale University in 1995, magna cum laude, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated from Columbia University Law School in 1998 and was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Career[edit]
Hurowitz is the chief executive officer of Octavian & Company, a boutique global investment firm that focuses on proprietary private equity transactions.[2] In 2020, as CEO he oversaw the launch of an investment vehicle backed by a consortium of family offices that invests alongside private equity funds on a deal-by-deal basis.[3] Hurowitz founded investment fund Octavian Advisors in 2006, where he served as chief investment officer.[4] Before being sold to private equity firm TPG in 2013,[5] Octavian Advisors managed over $1 billion in assets[6][7] and specialized in international special situations.[8][4] The fund held stakes in Head NV, Moncler, EI Towers,[9] EnerCare,[10] Atlas Arteria, and Midwest Airlines.[11]
Prior to founding Octavian, Hurowitz was a partner and managing principal at Halcyon Asset Management LLC, a multi-strategy hedge fund.[12]
Hurowitz has served on the board of directors of EI Towers SpA and HEAD NV,[13][14] and is a trustee of the Yale University Art Gallery.[15] He is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee[16] and the Council on Foreign Relations.[17] He serves on the Advisory Council for Justice for Kurds.[18]
In 2014, Hurowitz founded The Octavian Report, a quarterly digital and print magazine that features intelligence, information and insights from world leaders and experts in economics, geopolitics, and the arts.[19]
In 2017, Hurowitz co-founded the Renew Democracy Initiative, a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization promoting and defending liberal democracy. He served as the organization’s president.[20]
Hurowitz has published articles and opinion pieces about history and current events. His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal,[21] Financial Times,[22] New York Times,[23] Los Angeles Times,[24] The Daily Beast,[25] USA Today,[26] The Times,[27] History Today[28] and Time.[29] He contributed an essay about free trade to the book Fight for Liberty: Defending Democracy in the Age of Trump.[30]
Personal life[edit]
Hurowitz grew up in New York City and attended the Dalton School. Hurowitz married Sharon Coplan in 1999.[31] Coplan Hurowitz is an independent curator and art adviser. They have two children.
Hurowitz was a member of the 2019 United States masters table tennis team at the European Maccabi Games in Budapest.[32]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Richard Hurowitz". The Octavian Report.
- ↑ Gelsi, Steve (9 July 2020). "Middle Market Digest. A selection of buyouts, growth equity and venture capital deals valued up to $500 million for the eight days ending July 9" (PDF). The Deal.
- ↑ Mitchell, Justin (2 July 2020). "New Octavian Vehicle Seeks Synergy Between PE Firms, Family Offices". Buyouts.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Barr, Alistair (7 March 2006). "Reservoir invests $100M in hedge fund". MarketWatch.
- ↑ English, Carleton (9 September 2017). "Sotheby's to host hedge fund conference". New York Post.
- ↑ Wirz, Matt (30 May 2012). "Tempted, U.S. Funds Hop the Pond". Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ "TPG buys controlling stake in Octavian funds". M&A Navigator (23 July 2013).
- ↑ "Octavian announces joint venture with Shanghai's Goshawk Group". HedgeWeek. 14 April 2008.
- ↑ "Company Presentation" (PDF). EI Towers.
- ↑ "Octavian Advisors Provides Update on Investment in EnerCare Inc". 16 December 2011.
- ↑ Frederix, Erica (18 August 2007). "Northwest Airlines may be eventual owner of Midwest". Associated Press.
- ↑ "Halcyon Asset Management Launches European Operations". Halcyon Asset Management. 8 June 2005.
- ↑ "Richard Hurowitz". Concordia.
- ↑ Lunari, Charlie (30 March 2011). "Head N.V. Chairman and CEO Boosts Stake to 66.3% of Company". SGBMedia.
- ↑ "Annual Report". Yale University Art Gallery. 2018–19 REPORT: 34.
- ↑ "Personal Members". Bretton Woods Committee.
- ↑ "Membership Roster". Council on Foreign Relations.
- ↑ "About". Justice for Kurds.
- ↑ "Concordia Joins Forces With The Octavian Report For 2018 Concordia Annual Summit". Concordia Blog. 13 September 2018.
- ↑ Boot, Max (25 April 2018). "The political center is fighting back". Washington Post.
- ↑ Hurowitz, Richard (4 July 2019). "Two Women Who Defied Prejudice at Wimbledon".
- ↑ Hurowitz, Richard (13 March 2018). "The history of trade tariffs warns against Trump protectionism". Financial Times.
- ↑ Hurowitz, Richard (27 January 2019). "He Helped Jews Escape the Holocaust. He Died Unknown". New York Times.
- ↑ Hurowitz, Richard (30 September 2018). "Op-Ed: How the Danes, and a German turncoat, pulled off a World War II miracle". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Hurowitz, Richard (18 November 2017). "A Cycling Legend's Secret War Mission: Saving Italy's Jews". The Daily Beast.
- ↑ Hurowitz, Richard (30 October 2017). "What Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders don't get: Free trade is the real populism". USA Today.
- ↑ Hurowitz, Richard (20 August 2016). "Cleopatra, central banker of Egypt, has a lesson for us". The Times.
- ↑ Hurowitz, Richard (8 December 2016). "How a Briton Created the Almighty Dollar". History Today.
- ↑ Hurowitz, Richard (18 November 2018). "Why America's Founders Tried to Recruit a Foreign Prince to Be Their King—And How That Moment Holds a Warning for Today". Time.
- ↑ "Fight for Liberty: Defending Democracy in the Age of Trump". Barnes & Noble.
- ↑ "WEDDINGS; Sharon Coplan, Richard Hurowitz". New York Times. 13 June 1999.
- ↑ "New York Residents To Represent Maccabi USA At The 2019 Regional Games". Maccabi USA. 5 June 2019.
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