CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Michael Karsch
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Hunter Peak Investments
Michael A. Karsch is the founder of Hunter Peak Investments. Prior to founding Hunter Peak, Mr. Karsch spent a year consulting to the Duquesne Family Office while continuing to invest in both the public and private markets. From 2000 to 2013, Mr. Karsch was the portfolio manager of Karsch Capital Management, LP, a global long/short equity investment management firm. He founded Karsch Capital Management in October of 2000 and grew the firm to more than $3 billion in AUM across several investment funds which over its existence outperformed the S&P 500 index by approximately 100 percentage points with about one third of the volatility. Prior to founding his own firm, Mr. Karsch spent time as a Managing Director at Soros Fund Management and was one of four investment professionals at Chieftain Capital Management. Mr. Karsch began his career as an investment banking analyst at Wasserstein Perella & Co. Mr. Karsch graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. from Tufts University in 1990. He obtained his Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1991 and obtained his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1995.
