Dmitry Balyasny

Co-founder,
Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner,
Balyasny Asset Management, L.P. (BAM)

Dmitry Balyasny is the Co-Founder, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner of Balyasny Asset Management, L.P. (BAM), a diversified global investment firm with over $20 billion in assets under management. Founded in 2001, BAM employs more than 1,900 people across 20 offices in the U.S. and Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The firm’s 165 investment teams span six strategies, including Equities Long/Short, Equities Arbitrage, Macro, Commodities, Systematic, and Growth Equity. Balyasny’s mission is to deliver to its investors absolute, uncorrelated returns in all market environments.

 Mr. Balyasny is an active risk taker and chairs BAM’s Investment Committee. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Loyola University in Chicago and began his trading career with Schonfeld Securities in 1994. He is involved in a variety of philanthropic activities in his local community as well as in communities where BAM operates. Under his leadership, BAM launched the ATLAS Fellows program, which opens doors for brilliant and under-resourced high school students interested in careers in finance. ATLAS Fellows receive internships at top financial firms, mentoring, and financial assistance for up to four years of college.