John Paulson
President & Portfolio Manager
Paulson & Co.

John Paulson is the President and Portfolio Manager of Paulson Capital Inc. 
(“Paulson”), a private investment company. The firm was founded in 1994 and 
specializes in global event arbitrage, real estate, private equity, and credit strategies. 
The firm is headquartered in Palm Beach, Florida.   
Paulson has received numerous awards and accolades over its 30-year history 
including the Absolute Return’s awards for Management Firm of the Year, Best 
Arbitrage Fund, and Best Event Driven Fund, in addition to eight other Absolute 
Return awards. 
Mr. Paulson received his Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business 
School in 1980 with high distinction, as a Baker Scholar.  He graduated from New 
York University’s Stern School of Business in 1978 as Valedictorian of his class. Prior 
to forming Paulson in 1994, John was a General Partner of Gruss Partners and a 
Managing Director in Mergers and Acquisitions at Bear Stearns.   
In 2009, Mr. Paulson established the Paulson Family Foundation to provide support to 
education, science, health, culture, and the arts. It has provided significant funding to 
Harvard University, New York University, The Central Park Conservancy, the 92nd 
Street Y, the UJA-Federation of New York, Hebrew University, the Jerusalem Arts 
Campus, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the School of American Ballet, Success Academy 
Charter Schools and other institutions. Mr. Paulson previously served on the Boards of 
New York University; the Council of Foreign Relations; the Manhattan Institute; the 
Partnership for New York City; the Deans Advisory Board of the Harvard Business 
School; the Economic Club of NY; the Central Park Conservancy and the Metropolitan 
Museum of Art.