John Paulson
President & Portfolio Manager
Paulson & Co.

John Paulson is the President and  Portfolio Manager of Paulson & Co. Inc.  (“Paulson”). Paulson is an SEC registered investment management  company specializing in global merger,  event arbitrage, and credit strategies.
The firm was founded in 1994 and is  headquartered in New York with an  office in Dublin.  Paulson & Co. has received numerous  awards and accolades over its 20 year  history including the Absolute Return’s  2013 awards for Management Firm of  the Year, Best Arbitrage Fund, and Best Event Driven Fund. Combined with the eight 
other Absolute Return awards Paulson has won previously, this cements the firm’s 
position at the top of the awards leaderboard.

Mr. Paulson received his Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business  School in 1980. He graduated from New York University in 1978. 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. 
Through the Paulson Family Foundation John is involved in many philanthropic  activities and serves on the Boards of the Council on Foreign Relations; the Economic  Club of New York; New York University; the Partnership for New York City and the  Deans Advisory Board of the Harvard Business School.