Stanley Druckenmiller
Investor, Hedge Fund Manager & Philanthropist
Stanley Druckenmiller is the founder and former chairman and president of Duquesne Capital, which he ran from 1981-2010. He is a top-down investor whose trading style is holding a group of stocks long, a group short, and using leverage to trade futures and currency.
Who is…
- He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Duquesne Family Office LLC.
- In 1992, he famously bet against the British pound and made massive profits, along with George Soros.
- He was the most charitable man in America in 2009, giving $705 million to foundations that support medical research, education, and anti-poverty, including a $100 million gift to found a Neuroscience Institute at the NYU School of Medicine.
- In 2019, he held large positions in Microsoft, Abbott Laboratories, Salesforce.com, Delta Airlines, and American Airlines. In November 2020, he stated that he owned both gold and bitcoin.
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