Profile
Benjamin Lerner is currently a Portfolio Manager at Balyasny Asset Management LP since 2026.
Formerly, Mr. Lerner was a Portfolio Manager at HBK Investments LP from 2024 to 2026, President at Onyx Acquisition Co. I from 2021 to 2024, Emerging Markets Assistant Portfolio Manager at Contrarian Capital Management LLC in 2018, Research Analyst at Third Avenue Management LLC from 2010 to 2012, and Principal at Morgan Stanley from 2005 to 2010.
Mr. Lerner completed undergraduate studies at Syracuse University in 2005.
Benjamin Lerner active positions
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Balyasny Asset Management LP
Balyasny Asset Management LP Investment ManagersFinance BAM aims to deliver consistent, uncorrelated absolute returns in all market environments. The firm manages multi-strategy investment funds which maintain a concentrated private equity portfolio. Their investment advisory services reflect a blend of strategies including fundamental long/short equity, macro & rates, systematic trading and event & credit investing. BAM’s long/short equity and equity trading strategies include (but are not limited to) investments and trading in the following market sectors: Energy, Health Care, Financials, Industrials, Information Technology, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | 2026-03-31 |
Former positions of Benjamin Lerner
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HBK Investments LP
HBK Investments LP Investment ManagersFinance HBK seeks to generate superior risk-adjusted rates of return with relatively low volatility and with relatively low correlation to most major market indices. The firm may invest through both long and short positions in an unlimited range of securities, derivatives and other financial instruments throughout the world. They are not subject to any specific restrictions on asset type, industry, geographic market, concentration, and leverage, exposure to market risk or other portfolio characteristics. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | 2026-03-31 |
| ONYX ACQUISITION CO. I | President | 2024-05-01 |
Contrarian Capital Management LLC
Contrarian Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Contrarian is an opportunistic credit investing specialist that seeks to invest in complex capital structures and “off-the-run” opportunities that are less heavily trafficked by larger credit funds. The firm performs all research in-house and utilizes a team approach to analysis, so that ideas are rigorously dissected by multiple investment professionals from different perspectives. | Analyst-Fixed Income | 2018-09-30 |
Third Avenue Management LLC
Third Avenue Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance TAM utilizes a disciplined, value-oriented, and asset-based approach to investing in publicly traded securities. The firm seeks capital appreciation through a fundamental, bottom-up approach to deep value and distressed investing. They invest in common stocks of well financed companies, meaning companies with high quality assets and conservative levels of liabilities; at a discount to what they believe is their intrinsic value. | Analyst-Fixed Income | 2012-12-30 |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
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Third Avenue Management LLC
Third Avenue Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance TAM utilizes a disciplined, value-oriented, and asset-based approach to investing in publicly traded securities. The firm seeks capital appreciation through a fundamental, bottom-up approach to deep value and distressed investing. They invest in common stocks of well financed companies, meaning companies with high quality assets and conservative levels of liabilities; at a discount to what they believe is their intrinsic value. | Finance |
HBK Investments LP
HBK Investments LP Investment ManagersFinance HBK seeks to generate superior risk-adjusted rates of return with relatively low volatility and with relatively low correlation to most major market indices. The firm may invest through both long and short positions in an unlimited range of securities, derivatives and other financial instruments throughout the world. They are not subject to any specific restrictions on asset type, industry, geographic market, concentration, and leverage, exposure to market risk or other portfolio characteristics. | Finance |
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley Investment ManagersFinance Provides wealth and asset management, trading & investment banking services | Finance |
Contrarian Capital Management LLC
Contrarian Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Contrarian is an opportunistic credit investing specialist that seeks to invest in complex capital structures and “off-the-run” opportunities that are less heavily trafficked by larger credit funds. The firm performs all research in-house and utilizes a team approach to analysis, so that ideas are rigorously dissected by multiple investment professionals from different perspectives. | Finance |
Balyasny Asset Management LP
Balyasny Asset Management LP Investment ManagersFinance BAM aims to deliver consistent, uncorrelated absolute returns in all market environments. The firm manages multi-strategy investment funds which maintain a concentrated private equity portfolio. Their investment advisory services reflect a blend of strategies including fundamental long/short equity, macro & rates, systematic trading and event & credit investing. BAM’s long/short equity and equity trading strategies include (but are not limited to) investments and trading in the following market sectors: Energy, Health Care, Financials, Industrials, Information Technology, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary. | Finance |
Syracuse University
Syracuse University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Onyx Acquisition Co. I
Onyx Acquisition Co. I Financial ConglomeratesFinance Operates as a blank check company | Finance |
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