Ben Axler
Chief Executive Officer at Spruce Point Capital Management LLC
Profile
Mr. Benjamin E.
Axler is a Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Spruce Point Capital Management LLC.
He is an activist short-seller, forensic financial researcher, and has exposed billions of dollars of financial schemes globally.
Prior to founding Spruce Point in 2009, Mr. Axler spent eight years as an Investment Banker with Credit Suisse and Barclays Capital where he structured and executed financing, derivative risk management, and M&A deals for leading Fortune 500 clients.
He also co-founded Prescience Point Research Group (2012-2014), a short-focused research firm.
Mr. Axler graduated from Yale University with a Masters degree in Statistics, and received both a Bachelor of Arts degree in Statistics and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Business Administration from Rutgers College, where he graduated with Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors.
Ben Axler active positions
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Spruce Point Capital Management LLC
Spruce Point Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Spruce Point Capital Management LLC (Spruce Point) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Riverhead, New York. The firm was founded by Ben Axler and David Katona in 2009. Spruce Point provides investment portfolio management on a discretionary basis to private pooled investment vehicles, the securities of which are offered to investors on a private placement basis. | Chief Executive Officer | 2008-12-31 |
Former positions of Ben Axler
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Barclays Capital, Inc.
Barclays Capital, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2008-12-30 |
Credit Suisse Securities (Canada), Inc
Credit Suisse Securities (Canada), Inc Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with offices worldwide. The firm is a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS). Their equity research equity group engages in a broad range of activities for investors including sales, trading, financing, prime brokerage and market-making in U.S. and international equity and equity related securities, options, futures, risk management and hedging products. Their activities cover both exchange-traded and over-the-counter traded securities, including American depositary receipts, restricted stocks, equity repurchases, block trade executions, program trading executions, equity derivatives and convertible securities. The fixed-income franchise operates as a single, unified platform that handles all fixed-income cash and derivative products. Products and services range from securitization and liability management transactions to sales and trading and superior research. | Analyst-Equity | - |
Training of Ben Axler
Yale University | Graduate Degree |
Rutgers State University of New Jersey | Undergraduate Degree |
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Spruce Point Capital Management LLC
Spruce Point Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Spruce Point Capital Management LLC (Spruce Point) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Riverhead, New York. The firm was founded by Ben Axler and David Katona in 2009. Spruce Point provides investment portfolio management on a discretionary basis to private pooled investment vehicles, the securities of which are offered to investors on a private placement basis. | Finance |
Barclays Capital, Inc.
Barclays Capital, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team. | Finance |
Credit Suisse Securities (Canada), Inc
Credit Suisse Securities (Canada), Inc Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario with offices worldwide. The firm is a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS). Their equity research equity group engages in a broad range of activities for investors including sales, trading, financing, prime brokerage and market-making in U.S. and international equity and equity related securities, options, futures, risk management and hedging products. Their activities cover both exchange-traded and over-the-counter traded securities, including American depositary receipts, restricted stocks, equity repurchases, block trade executions, program trading executions, equity derivatives and convertible securities. The fixed-income franchise operates as a single, unified platform that handles all fixed-income cash and derivative products. Products and services range from securitization and liability management transactions to sales and trading and superior research. | Finance |
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