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Steve Cohen
Steve Cohen founded the hedge fund S.A.C. Capital Advisors in 1992 and runs its successor Point72; his fortune is mostly his own money in Point72's funds, plus the New York Mets.
- Forbes estimate
- $26.7B
- Forbes, 9 Oct 2026
- Forbes rank
- No. 90
- 9 Oct 2026
- Main company
- Point72
- Net worth, Bloomberg
- $22.2B
- Bloomberg, 11 Oct 2026
- Born
- 1956
- Great Neck, New York, United States
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- BS in economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1978)
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
Where the fortune sits
His holdings in Point72's hedge funds
Point72
hedge funds, founded 1992
No ownership percentage is disclosed; Bloomberg estimates his own money in the funds at about $16.6 billion
Founder, chairman, CEO and co-chief investment officer
Other holdings
New York Mets
95%, per Bloomberg; bought in 2020, and he is the team's chairman and CEO
New York Golf Club (TGL) and a WTGL team
Owned through Cohen Private Ventures; he also has a stake in PGA Tour Enterprises through Strategic Sports Group
Homes in New York, Greenwich and the Hamptons
About $250 million, per Bloomberg
Where Steve stands among 73
Everyone on the site, grouped by their answer. Steve Cohen is outlined.
How the fortune started
Founded it
Founded it 42
Inherited and grew it 12
Built it up 8
Inherited it 6
Through marriage 5
Industry
Finance
Finance 10
Technology 24
Several industries 9
Metals and mining 6
Retail 4
Fashion and beauty 4
Media 3
Food and drink 3
Shipping 3
Crypto 2
Oil, gas and chemicals 2
Healthcare 1
Casinos and resorts 1
Property and sports 1
Giving Pledge
Not a signer
Not a signer 61
Signed 11
Not stated 1
Education
Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree 27
Graduate degree 24
Left university without a degree 6
No university 5
Not stated 11
Role today
Runs the company
Runs the company 32
Chair, board or owner 25
Founder, no executive role 8
No role 4
Retired 4
The person
- Born
- 1956Great Neck, New York, United States
- Citizenship
- United States
- Lives in
- Not stated
- Education
- Bachelor's degreeBS in economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1978)
- Parents
- Father was a garment manufacturer and mother a piano teacher; the third of eight children
What they give
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
- Foundation
- Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation
- Lifetime giving
- $1.5BSteven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, 17 Oct 2026. The foundation says it has given over $1.5 billion to US public charities since 2001; Forbes says he has given more than $1 billion over his lifetime
Role and record
- Role now
- Runs the companyChairman, CEO and co-CIO of Point72; chairman and CEO of the New York Mets
- Successor
- Not stated
- Public office
- None found
- Legal record
- 2016, US SECSettled SEC charges that he failed reasonably to supervise a portfolio manager who engaged in insider trading, agreeing to a bar on supervising funds that manage outside money until 2018 and to SEC examinations of his family office; he neither admitted nor denied the finding.
