{{Short description|American businessman (born 1957)}} {{Infobox person |name = Henry Swieca |image = |caption = |birth_name = Henry Alexander Swieca<ref name="henry">{{cite web|title=Henry Alexander Swieca |url=https://wxtest.wealthx.com/billionaires/henry-alexander-swieca/ |publisher=Wealthx.com }}</ref> |birth_date = 1957<ref name="henry" /> |birth_place = [[Washington Heights, Manhattan]], New York |death_date = |death_place = |other_names = |known_for = co-Founder of [[Highbridge Capital Management]]<ref name="NewYorkTimes2009June11">{{cite news|title=JPMorgan to Acquire Rest of Highbridge Capital|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/jpmorgan-to-buy-out-highbridge-capital/|accessdate=29 August 2019|agency=The New York Times Company|issue=DealBook|work=New York Times|date=11 June 2009|location=New York, N.Y., United States|language=English }}</ref> |alma_mater = [[Stony Brook University]] <small>([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])</small><br>[[Columbia Business School]] <small>([[Master of Business Administration|M.B.A]])</small> |occupation = [[Hedge fund]] manager |spouse = Estee Tobaly |children = 4 }}
'''Henry Alexander Swieca''' (born 1957)<ref name="henry" /> is the co-founder and former Chief Investment Officer of [[Highbridge Capital Management]] and the founder of [[#Talpion Fund Management|Talpion Fund Management]].
==Early life== Swieca grew up in a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family<ref>[https://www.jta.org/2009/10/05/fundermentalist/at-least-139-of-the-forbes-400-are-jewish Jewish Telegraph Agency: "At least 139 of the Forbes 400 are Jewish" By Jacob Berkman] October 5, 2009</ref> in [[Washington Heights, Manhattan]], New York. He is the son of two Holocaust survivors from [[Polish Jews|Poland]] who emigrated from France in 1955.<ref name="kampeas"/>
Swieca graduated from [[SUNY Stony Brook]] was later accepted into [[Columbia Business School]] on a two-year deferment.{{cn|date=May 2026}} He graduated in 1982 or 1983.<ref name="kampeas"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Talpion Fund Management LP |url=https://www.talpion.com/ |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=talpionsite |language=en}}</ref>
==Career== Swieca began his career trading stocks with $50,000 that his parents left for him. He was able to support his brother through medical school with the money he made from investing.{{cn|date=May 2026}} After graduation, Swieca worked at [[Merrill Lynch]], becoming one of the founding traders on the [[New York Futures Exchange (NYFE)|New York Futures Exchange]] where he traded equity index options. He later joined [[Dillon Read]] as an institutional investor advisor.
===Swieca Group at E.F. Hutton===
In 1984, Swieca and [[Glenn Dubin]] formed the Dubin and Swieca Group at E.F. Hutton. They pioneered the integration of traditional securities investments and derivative investment strategies.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.marhedge.com/pages/biography.cfm?personid=221409607301&sc=20110501_AI_0001 |title=Biography - Henry Swieca, Founder, TALPION FUND MANAGEMENT LP |access-date=2011-12-17 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120415174134/http://www.marhedge.com/pages/biography.cfm?personid=221409607301&sc=20110501_AI_0001 |archive-date=2012-04-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Highbridge Capital Management=== In 1992 Swieca started Highbridge Capital Management with childhood friend Glenn Dubin. Swieca served as the firm's chief investment officer from inception to its acquisition. They sold a 55% stake to [[JP Morgan Chase]] in 2004 and substantially all remaining shares in 2009.<ref name="forbes.com">{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Henry-Swieca_PI7J.html | work=Forbes | title=#701 Henry Swieca - The World's Billionaires 2009 | date=11 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=anFRWcWiMH54 | work=Bloomberg | title=Highbridge's Swieca to Leave as JPMorgan Raises Stake (Update1) | date=11 June 2009}}</ref> As Highbridge CIO, he guided the firm through multiple market cycles as it achieved one of the best risk adjusted returns in the hedge fund industry.
===Talpion Fund Management=== Swieca currently runs his family office, Talpion Fund Management, which invests proprietary money in a hedge fund-like structure as well as direct fixed income investing. In 2012 he seeded Clearline Capital, an equity investor. The family office has also branched into direct real estate investing, as well as venture capital under the name QB1 Ventures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://qb1ventures.com/|title=QB1 Ventures {{!}} Investing in the future|website=QB1 Ventures {{!}} Investing in the future|access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref>
==Philanthropy== Swieca is on the board of The National World War II Museum and resigned from the board of The Columbia Graduate School of Business in October 2023 after serving since 2014.<ref name="kampeas">{{Cite web |last=Kampeas |first=Ron |date=November 8, 2023 |title=Jewish billionaire Henry Swieca quits Columbia Business School board, saying campus is 'unsafe' for Jews |url=https://www.jta.org/2023/11/08/politics/jewish-billionaire-henry-swieca-quits-columbia-business-school-board-saying-campus-is-unsafe-for-jews |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Management |first=Talpion Fund |title=New York Billionaire Hedge Fund Pioneer and Philanthropist Henry Swieca Donates $1 Million to The National WWII Museum in New Orleans |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-york-billionaire-hedge-fund-pioneer-and-philanthropist-henry-swieca-donates-1-million-to-the-national-wwii-museum-in-new-orleans-300344946.html |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal== Swieca is married to [[Israeli American]]<ref>[http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20081207/SUB/812069979 Crains New York: "Betting on foreclosures - Smart buyers can find good deals among the lemons" By Julie Satow] December 7, 2008</ref> Estee Tobaly with whom he has four children.<ref name=InstInvestor>[http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/Article/1029930/Inside-Highbridge.html?ArticleId=1029930&p=3 Institutional Investor: "Inside Highbridge] June 24, 2004</ref> Swieca practices [[Orthodox Judaism]].<ref name=Teitelbaum>[https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aBU6v8TgCwoA Bloomberg News: "Highbridge Duo Survives Rout After Hedge Fund Sale to JPMorgan" By Richard Teitelbaum and Jenny Strasburg] February 29, 2008</ref> Swieca owns a summer residence in [[Atlantic Beach, New York]].
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