Larry Robbins

Background

Robbins grew up in a Jewish family in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Education

He graduated with honors from the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1992, where he received a Bachelor of Surgery in Economics with concentrations in accounting, finance, marketing and a B.S in Engineering, with a major in systems engineering.

Career

Robbins played hockey throughout college and was captain of the University of Pennsylvania club team for three years. Robbins became a Certified Public Accountant in 1991 in Illinois. After graduatuation, Robbins worked at Gleacher & Company, a merger and advisory boutique in New New York

He joined Leon Cooperman at Omega Advisors after three years at Gleacher.

Robbins spent six years as an analyst and partner at Omega Advisors on their United States equity long/short team Robbins left Omega to start Glenview Capital Management in 2000, which he named after the suburban Chicago hockey area where he started playing hockey at age five.

Robbins is currently the firm’s Chief Executive Officer and portfolio manager. In 2012, he made a successful bet by investing in hospital companies that he thought would benefit from Obamacare.

Unlike most hedge funds, Robbins is known for holding stocks for years and not employing stop-losses.

From inception until June 2013, the fund averaged 15% returns of Netto of fees. Robbins led Glenview investing style is most commonly tied to the category of Growth at a Reasonable Price or “GARP” and focuses on companies in industries that are stable, predictable and steady, with recurring revenue streams or entrenched market positions. Glenview’s flagship funds which launched in 2001 employ a long/short strategy focused on investments in equity and fixed income securities.

Robbins serves as chairman of the board for both the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) New York and Relay Graduate School of Education.

In addition, Robbins is the Senior Chair of the Wall Street Division of the United Jewish Appeal-Federation and the recipient of the 2007 Young Leadership Award.

Achievements

• Robbins has led Glenview to receive numerous awards since 2005, and in January 2014, the firm held “Bloomberg Markets” ranking of the best-performing large hedge funds. Robbins was listed in the Top 10 Super Investors to follow in ‘The Manual of Ideas.’ He serves as senior chair of the United Jewish Appeal Federation’s Wall Street & Financial Services Division.

Membership

He is a member of the Board of Directors for The Robin Hood Foundation and chairs the Education Committee. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Teach Foreign America (New York) and was an honoree at the 2013 Annual Benefit Dinner.