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Hedge Funds

By Wayne Cooper
Published 09/4/2007

Wayne Cooper

Wayne is an experienced business builder in the specialty information space. He is a managing director of Greenhaven Partners and serves on the board of Bongarde Media. He formerly worked at Monitor Company, Bain & Company, Goldman Sachs and The World Bank. He is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Business School.

From Stuart Meyer, 5/12/07: Are hedge funds worth the risk? I am 63 and just about to retire. It seems like many high net worth investors are turning to hedge funds. But their overall performance in 2006 was sub par, they are not regulated and they are very secretive.