Profile
Mr. Ku came to the U.S.
in 1986, at the age of 16 from Shanghai, China.Mr. Ku received a BS magna cum laude in Computer Science from Harvard University in 1992.
Following college, Mr. Ku joined D.
E.
Shaw & Co. in New York, moving to London in 1994.
In December 1998, Mr. Ku joined Paloma Partners, working in the trading group run by Nick Maounis (now known as Amaranth).
At Paloma/Amaranth, Mr. Ku traded the European convertible arbitrage portfolio and spearheaded the firm's statistical arbitrage research and quantitative trading programs.
Former positions of Y. Thomas Ku
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D. E. Shaw & Co. LP
D. E. Shaw & Co. LP Investment ManagersFinance D. E. Shaw & Co. LP (DESCO) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 by David Elliot Shaw. DESCO serves as the managing member, manager and/or investment advisor of certain entities in the D. E. Shaw Group and provides investment advice to several affiliated hedge funds and other entities. The investor base of the funds includes institutional investors and other highly sophisticated, high-net worth participants. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1998-11-29 |
Paloma Partners LLC | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Tykhe Capital LLC
Tykhe Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Founded in January 2002, Tykhe Capital LLC is a New York City-based financial services company. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | - |
Training of Y. Thomas Ku
Harvard University | Undergraduate Degree |
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Paloma Partners LLC | Miscellaneous |
D. E. Shaw & Co. LP
D. E. Shaw & Co. LP Investment ManagersFinance D. E. Shaw & Co. LP (DESCO) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 by David Elliot Shaw. DESCO serves as the managing member, manager and/or investment advisor of certain entities in the D. E. Shaw Group and provides investment advice to several affiliated hedge funds and other entities. The investor base of the funds includes institutional investors and other highly sophisticated, high-net worth participants. | Finance |
Tykhe Capital LLC
Tykhe Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Founded in January 2002, Tykhe Capital LLC is a New York City-based financial services company. | Finance |
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