Stephen Zinser

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Stephen Zinser
Born
Stephen Martin Zinser

July 1957 (age 66)
United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCornell University
OccupationHedge fund manager

Stephen Martin Zinser (born July 1957) is an American-born, London-based hedge fund manager.

Early life[edit]

Stephen Martin Zinser was born in July 1957[1] in the United States.[2] He graduated from Cornell University.[3]

Career[edit]

Zinser worked for Chase Manhattan Bank from 1979 to 1992.[3][4] He worked in the London headquarters of Merrill Lynch from 1993 to 1999.[3][4]

In February 1999, Zinser co-founded European Credit Management, an asset management firm based in London, with Steven Blakey and Stephen Rumsey.[2][5][6] He served as its chief executive officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer.[4][7] By 2007, the firm had €22 billion of assets under management, when a majority stake was acquired by Wachovia. The firm was fully owned by Wells Fargo prior to being spun off in 2021 to Allspring Global Investments.[6]

In 2015, Zinser founded Roxbury Asset Management, a London-based firm which manages and invests in liquid alternative strategies.[2][8] He serves as its chief executive officer.[3]

Philanthropy[edit]

Zinser currently acts as a Trustee for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. He served on the board of GAVI and Chaired the Investment Committee from 2014 to June 2021. He continues to act as advisor to the Investment Committee and to the Audit & Finance Committee on the COVAX Facility.[4] He also serves on the development board of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[4]

Personal life[edit]

Zinser resides in London, U.K.[2] According to the Sunday Times Rich List, he is worth an estimated £172 million in 2016.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "THE GAVI FUND AFFILIATE". Companies House. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Rich List 2016: Stephen Zinser". The Sunday Times Magazine. p. 83.
  3. ^ a b c d "Stephen Zinser". Bloomberg. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Board Members". GAVI. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  5. ^ Burgess, Kate (January 10, 2007). "£500m deal for ECM as Wachovia swoops". Financial Times. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  6. ^ a b Tett, Gillian; Davies, Paul J. (April 19, 2007). "ECM: Bankers who believed in the euro". Financial Times. Retrieved April 24, 2016. These days ECM has almost €22bn ($30bn) of assets, which are mostly invested in eurozone debt, ranging from corporate bonds and sovereign securities to leveraged loans.
  7. ^ Skypala, Pauline (March 20, 2011). "Stephen Zinser: rebuild plan on agenda". Financial Times. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  8. ^ Fletcher, Laurence (September 29, 2015). "Roxbury Hedge Fund Raises $47 Million For Launch". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 24, 2016.