Leon G. Cooperman is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Omega Advisors, a private investment partnership he organized in 1991. Previously, he spent 25 years with Goldman Sachs, where he was a partner and served as chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. While at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Cooperman was voted the number one portfolio strategist in the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team survey for nine consecutive years. This remarkable accomplishment solidified his reputation as the most incisive analyst on Wall Street. At Omega Advisors, he has brought the same thoughtfulness and dedication to managing portfolios, and now oversees in excess of $3.5 billion in assets, resulting in his renown as one of America’s most influential investors. In 2013, Mr. Cooperman was inducted into Alpha Magazine’s Hedge Fund Hall of Fame, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Horatio Alger Association.
Not content to rest on professional success, Mr. Cooperman has devoted his time and efforts to various charitable causes. He is a member of the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School. Additionally, he is a member of the board of directors of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, a member of the investment committee of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and board chairman of Green Spaces, a committee organized to rebuild parks in Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Cooperman is chairman emeritus of the Saint Barnabas Development Foundation.
The mission of Cooperman College Scholars is to help highly motivated, academically talented, under-represented students thrive in college. We place students in challenging, well-matched environments with solid support systems, and we eliminate the pressures of insufficient financial aid which can negatively affect student retention and graduation. For more information on the Cooperman College Scholars program, please visit www.coopermanscholars.org
