Buddy Fletcher
Former American hedge fund manager (born 1965) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alphonse "Buddy" Fletcher Jr. (born December 19, 1965) is an American former hedge fund manager and founder of the Fletcher Foundation. He began his career as a quantitative equity trader at Bear Stearns and later worked at Kidder, Peabody & Co. Fletcher, who is African American, sued Kidder Peabody for racial discrimination. Although his racial discrimination claims were dismissed, he eventually won an arbitration award of $1.26 million.[1] Fletcher has also been involved in litigation centered on a dispute with the board of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.
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Born | Alphonse Fletcher Jr. (1965-12-19) 19 December 1965 (age 58) New London, Connecticut, United States |
Other names | Buddy |
Education | Harvard University Yale University |
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Known for | Hedge fund management, fund bankruptcy, Kidder Peabody discrimination lawsuit, Dakota discrimination lawsuit, Philanthropy |
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Children | 1 |
Relatives | Geoffrey S. Fletcher (brother) |
Fletcher founded Fletcher Asset Management in 1991. His main fund, Fletcher International, may have been insolvent since 2008 and was declared bankrupt in 2012.[2]