Andrew Klaber

American investment executive
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Andrew Klaber |
| image | Sacks with Klaber speaking.jpg |
| caption | Klaber at Yale University |
| alma_mater | {{Unbulleted list |
| employer | Bedford Ridge Capital |
| nationality | American |
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| name = Andrew Klaber | image = Sacks with Klaber speaking.jpg | caption = Klaber at Yale University | alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list | Yale University | Oxford University | Harvard Law School | Harvard Business School }} | employer = Bedford Ridge Capital | nationality = American
Andrew Klaber is the chief executive officer of Bedford Ridge Capital, an investment management firm in New York. Previously, Klaber was a partner on the investment team at Paulson & Co., a multi-strategy hedge fund. He is also the founder and emeritus chairman and president of Even Ground, an international non-profit organization that annually provides academic support, basic health care, and nutrition to more than 2,000 children who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS.
Education
Originally from Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Klaber attended Adlai E. Stevenson High School, graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa president from Yale College, where he was a Truman Scholar, Udall Scholar, and First-Team USA-Today Academic All-American, and received the Arthur Twining Hadley Prize and David Everett Chantler Award at graduation for "exemplifying qualities of courage, strength of character and high moral purpose." He earned Masters of Science degrees in Financial Economics and Economic History as a Marshall Scholar at Oxford University, and holds a JD/MBA from Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, where he graduated with Distinction and as the Dean's Award winner.
He is a Fellow at Trumbull College, Yale University.
Sports
Andrew rowed on the Yale lightweight crew (2002 national champions), ran in the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, Hamptons, London, New York (2009, 2013, 2016), Paris, Philadelphia, Valencia, and Washington, D.C. marathons, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, and pedaled 4,200 miles (New Haven, Connecticut, to San Francisco, California) to raise awareness and financial support for Habitat for Humanity.
Philanthropy and awards
Klaber serves or has served on the boards of several organizations, including the AEI Enterprise Club, President of the Association of Marshall Scholars, Bowery Mission Advisory and Development Board, Brookings Society, Cornell Tech Jacobs Institute Steering Committee, Co-chair of the Echoing Green Social Investment Council, French-American Foundation, Harvard Law School Dean's Visiting Committee, International Rescue Committee, Magdalen Society, Morgan Library Young Fellows, National Museum of American Jewish History, New York Public Library Young Lions, Public Theater Young Partners, Rainforest Alliance Ambassadors Circle, President of the Russell Trust Association, Success Academy Charter Schools Leadership Council, Truman Scholars Association, United Jewish Appeal (UJA), Weizmann Institute of Science, and Yale Alumni Fund.
Klaber is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Economic Club of New York, and Supreme Court of the United States Bar and New York State Bar, and was a member of or participated in the Asia Society's Asia 21 Young Leaders Initiative, French American Foundation Young Leaders Program, Council for the United States and Italy Young Leaders Program, Partnership for New York City David Rockefeller Fellows Program, Trilateral Commission David Rockefeller Fellowship, U.S. Secretary of Defense's Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, and Wexner Heritage Program.
Klaber received the President's Environmental Youth Award at the White House in 2001 for his "efforts and commitment to the environment" and the Yale-Jefferson Public Service Award for his "innovative and sustained contributions to society," served with the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Orphaned and Vulnerable Children, and presented Even Ground at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 2008.
References
References
- "Bedford Ridge Capital".
- "Even Ground Board".
- "Even Ground "About Us"".
- "Notable Alumni".
- "Yale Phi Beta Kappa Undergraduate Officers".
- (31 March 2003). "Two Yale Students Claim Truman Scholarships".
- (25 April 2003). "Four Yale Seniors Win Morris K. Udall Scholarship".
- "All-USA Academic First Team - USATODAY.com". USA Today.
- "Yale Senior Honored for Moral Character".
- (3 December 2003). "Yale Student Andrew Klaber Wins Marshall Scholarship for Study at Oxford".
- (17 May 2010). "Harvard Students Honored for Service to the School and Society".
- "Listing of Fellows for Trumbull College".
- "Yale Crew Champions and Highlights".
- "Lists marathons run".
- "Habitat for Humanity Bicycle Challenge".
- "AEI Enterprise Club".
- "Association of Marshall Scholars Board & Officers".
- "Bowery Mission".
- (3 September 2017). "Brookings Society".
- "Cornell Tech Jacobs Institute Steering Committee".
- "Echoing Green".
- "French American Foundation Board of Directors".
- "Harvard JD/MBA Reunion--Speaker Biographies".
- "IRC Board of Directors and Overseers".
- "Floreat Magdalena, Issue 12 - 2013".
- "Morgan Library & Museum Report to Donors 2017".
- "National Museum of American Jewish History Board of Trustees".
- "New York Public Library Young Lions Committee".
- "Public Theater Young Partner Board".
- "Rainforest Alliance Ambassadors Circle".
- "RTA Incorporated GuideStar profile".
- "Truman Scholars Association 2009-2010 Board of Directors".
- "UJA Leadership".
- "Weizmann Institute of Science International Board".
- (December 2012). "Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities--Contributors' biographies". Edward Elgar.
- "Council on Foreign Relations Membership Roster".
- "Economic Club of New York".
- "New York State Unified Court System, Attorney Detail".
- "Andrew Klaber joins gathering of Asia-Pacific young leaders in Tokyo".
- "French-American Foundation Young Leaders".
- "The Council for the United States and Italy Young Leaders Program".
- "Partnership for New York City David Rockefeller Fellows".
- "Joint Civilian Orientation Conference".
- "Wexner Heritage Program".
- "Klaber Receives EPA Youth Award".
- (14 November 2014). "Public service saluted in third annual Yale-Jefferson Public Service Awards".
- "Klaber to serve on UNICEF task force".
- Kristof, Nicholas D.. (27 January 2008). "OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Age Of Ambition". The New York Times.
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