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Dan Sundheim
Born1976 or 1977 (age 47–48)[1]
Alma materWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania[2]
Occupationhedge fund manager
Known forFounder and CIO, D1 Capital Partners[1]
Spouse(s)Brett Sundheim, née Cohen

Daniel Sundheim is an American billionaire hedge fund manager. He is the founder and chief investment officer (CIO) of the investment firm, D1 Capital Partners.[1]

Career[edit]

Sundheim graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1999.[2][3] Later that year, he began working at Bear Stearns.[3]

Sundheim started working at Viking Global Investors in 2002. In 2010, the firm made him co-chief investment officer. He became the sole CIO in 2014.[2] Upon leaving Viking, Sundheim founded D1 Capital Partners in New York City in July 2018, opening with more than $4 billion in assets.[2]

Sundheim joined the board of directors for Instacart, an investment of D1, in June 2020.[4] He is also a board member for Collectors, a company focused on the collectibles market,[5] and for Shippo, another D1 investment.[2]

He is on the board of trustees at the Museum of Modern Art and at NYU Langone Health.[6][7]

Philanthropy[edit]

In March 2022, UHealth-University of Miami Health System announced that Sundheim and his wife had committed $5 million to the university's Ever Brighter fundraising campaign.[8]

In June 2022, Ransom Everglades School announced that Sundheim and his wife had pledged $7.5 million for a new humanities building.[9] The next month, Brett joined the school's board of trustees.[10]

In May 2023, the University of Pennsylvania announced a $10 million gift from Sundheim and his wife, directed to provide aid for international students in the School of Arts and Sciences.[11]

Political activity[edit]

Sundheim has donated to politicians of both parties, including Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer, Eric Cantor, Marco Rubio, Josh Gottheimer, and Kevin McCarthy.[12] He has also donated to the Republican National Committee and to Right to Rise.[13] In 2022, he donated $850,000 to Honor Pennsylvania, a Super PAC created to support David McCormick in Pennsylvania's 2022 senate election.[14]

In 2023, per The Lever, Sundheim contributed $2 million to AIPAC, a pro-Israel lobbying group.[15]

Personal life[edit]

Sundheim and his wife, Brett (née Cohen), met while attending the University of Pennsylvania. [2]

In 2011, Sundheim and Brett bought the 16th floor, and some of the 15th floor, of 778 Park Avenue in New York City for $21 million. Then in 2015, they bought the rest of 15th floor for $28.5 million. Each purchase was more than $10 million below the original asking price.[16]

As of October 2020, he owned an art collection estimated at nearly $390 million in value.[2] He has used this collection as collateral for a line of credit.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Daniel Sundheim". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Saacks, Bradley; Morrell, Alex. "The rise of Dan Sundheim: How a Wharton whiz kid became the LeBron James of investing, launched one of the hottest hedge funds on earth, and minted a billion-dollar fortune in the process". Business Insider. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "New gift will support international undergraduate students at the University of Pennsylvania". Penn Today. 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  4. ^ "Bio | Daniel Sundheim". www.instacart.com. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  5. ^ "Leadership". Collectors. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  6. ^ "Trustees". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Trustees & Overseers". nyulangone.org. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  8. ^ Levin, Julie. "Dan and Brett Sundheim commit $5 million to fund growth at UHealth". news.miami.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  9. ^ "Sundheims' record gift to support new humanities building". Ransom Everglades School. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  10. ^ "RE board welcomes new trustees". Ransom Everglades School. 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  11. ^ "$10 Million Gift from Daniel and Brett Sundheim to Support International Undergraduate Students in SAS". almanac.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  12. ^ "Donor Lookup: Dan Sundheim". OpenSecrets. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Donor Lookup: Daniel Sundheim". OpenSecrets. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  14. ^ Giorno, Taylor (13 May 2022). "Billionaire executives and out-of-state donors pour millions into pro-McCormick super PAC ahead of Pennsylvania's Senate GOP primary". OpenSecrets. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  15. ^ Barshad, Amos (2024-02-01). "Inside The Israel Lobby's New $90 Million War Chest". The Lever. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  16. ^ "Viking Global Honcho Daniel Sundheim Scoops Up Roone Arledge's Old Pad For $28.5M". Observer. 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  17. ^ Kazakina, Katya (2020-02-05). "Leverage Is Exploding in the Fine-Art World". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2024-03-30.