Lee Ainslie

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American businessman (born 1964)

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| name = Lee Ainslie | birth_name = Lee S. Ainslie III | birth_date = | birth_place = Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. | alma_mater = | title = | known_for = Founding Maverick Capital | spouse = Elizabeth | children = 2 | boards = Robin Hood Foundation

Lee S. Ainslie III (born 1964) is an American businessman who founded the hedge fund firm Maverick Capital. He is also a board member of the Robin Hood Foundation and owns a minority stake in the Washington Commanders of the National Football League.

Early life and education

Ainslie's father was headmaster of Episcopal High School, a boarding school in Alexandria, Virginia, from which Ainslie graduated. Ainslie holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan–Flagler Business School.

Career

Prior to founding Maverick Capital in 1993, Ainslie worked at Tiger Management, where he and other former employees had been nicknamed "Tiger Cubs" in the hedge fund industry. Ainslie helped form Maverick Capital in 1993 at the invitation of billionaire Sam Wyly. Maverick Capital was reported to have $9 billion under management in 2013.

Ainslie has been profiled in books such as Hedge Hunters, by Katherine Burton, New Investment Superstars by Lois Peltz. and The Big Win by Stephen Weiss.

Ainslie supported Mitt Romney in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. He is on the board of directors of the Robin Hood Foundation. In 2023, Ainslie was a part of an investment group led by Josh Harris that purchased the Washington Commanders, an American football team belonging to the National Football League, for $6.05 billion.

Personal life

He and his wife Elizabeth have two sons.

References

References

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  2. 0470424605, {{ISBN. 978-0470424605.
  3. [https://www.reuters.com/article/hedgefunds-ainslie-idUSS1E78C15Z20110913 "Ainslie's Maverick Cap backfires in August,"] Reuters, September 11, 2011
  4. [http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/Article/1788355/Research/4079/Overview.html#.VAoAURbd3MM "Comeback Kid,"] Institutional Investor, December 19, 2007
  5. White, John. (1989). "Chronicles of the Episcopal High School in Virginia, 1839-1989". William L. Bauhan.
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  11. [https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/tiger-management-helps-next-generation-funds/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 "Tiger Management Helps Next-Generation Funds,"] ''The New York Times'', July 30, 2012
  12. [https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2011/07/30/stetsons-and-spreadsheets "The Lone Star State attracts plenty of financial whizzkids,"] ''The Economist'', July 30, 2011
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  14. [https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Lee-Ainslie-III_AWXC.html "The World's Billionaires,"] ''Forbes'', March 5, 2008
  15. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-06/hedge-funds-trail-stocks-by-the-widest-margin-since-2005.html "Hedge Funds Trail Stocks by the Widest Margin Since 2005,"] Bloomberg, December 6, 2013
  16. [http://www.worth.com/index.php?option=com_listings&view=slideshow&id=17 "The Top 10 Hedge Funds to Watch in 2013,"] Worth magazine
  17. 0-470-88518-1, {{ISBN. 978-0-470-88518-5.
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  21. [https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0914/Mitt-Romney-shifts-campaign-focus-back-to-the-economy "Mitt Romney shifts campaign focus back to the economy,"] The Christian Science Monitor, September 14, 2012
  22. [http://www.robinhood.org/governance#section-1 "About,"] robinhood.org.
  23. [https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/18/8386204/index.htm "The legend of Robin Hood,"] Fortune magazine, September 8, 2006
  24. (July 20, 2023). "NFL owners approve sale of Commanders from Daniel Snyder to Josh Harris". [[The Washington Post]].
  25. . (July 21, 2023). ["Josh Harris Announces Acquisition of Washington Commanders"](https://www.commanders.com/news/josh-harris-announces-acquisition-of-washington-commanders). *Washington Commanders*.
  26. [http://capitalizeforkids.com/speakers/#lee Capitalize for Kids Investors Conference 2014 (biography)]{{Dead link. (March 2025)

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