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Michael Edward Platt (born 18 March 1968) is a British billionaire hedge fund manager. He is the co-founder and managing director of BlueCrest Capital Management, Europe's third-largest hedge-fund firm which he co-founded in 2000.
3 days ago · Michael Platt is the cofounder and CEO of BlueCrest Capital Management, which he started in late 2000 after nearly a decade at JP Morgan. Platt built BlueCrest into one of the...
May 5, 2024 · Billionaire Michael Platt’s BlueCrest Capital is planning to expand its number of trading teams by 10 per cent by the end of the year after a run of performance in which the family office has...
Feb 2, 2023 · Michael Platt made his first billion charging hedge fund clients fees until ditching them seven years ago. Now, without the same constraints, he’s spun that bundle into one of the biggest...
May 19, 2023 · Michael Platt, the British co-founder of BlueCrest Capital Management, has made the top 10 of The Sunday Times’ latest ranking of the UK’s 350 wealthiest individuals. Platt, whose stock-picking career was launched on the back of a £500 gift from his grandmother when he turned 14, has a fortune of £11.5bn.
Oct 5, 2022 · Billionaire Michael Platt’s BlueCrest Capital Management is on track for its best year since becoming a private investment firm. The firm, which now runs Platt’s wealth and that of his partners,...
1 day ago · Platt is a co-founder of BlueCrest Capital Management, the British-American hedge fund that at its peak managed about $37 billion, but now invests money solely for its partners and...
Jan 17, 2022 · (Bloomberg) -- Michael Platt’s wealth swelled even further last year as the billionaire continues to outperform most hedge funds with the freedom to take on riskier bets after returning clients money.
Feb 3, 2020 · A former JPMorgan trader from England, Platt started it in 2000 and BlueCrest grew to $35 billion of assets under management. Its teams of traders specialized in rapid trading across a wide ...
Feb 26, 2024 · Michael Platt had had enough. The British hedge fund manager had made himself plenty of personal wealth, but he found the pros and cons of running the fund needed to be more balanced.
