David Einhorn
President • Greenlight Capital
David M. Einhorn is President of Greenlight Capital, which he co-founded in January 1996. Greenlight is a value-oriented investment management firm whose goal is to achieve high rates of return while minimizing the risk of capital loss. Einhorn is also chairman of the boards of Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. and Green Brick Partners, Inc.
He graduated summa cum laude with distinction in all subjects from Cornell University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Einhorn is the author of Fooling Some of the People All of the Time: A Long Short Story, published in May 2008.
Einhorn is Founder and Trustee of Einhorn Collaborative, a foundation dedicated to advancing the science and practice of social connection and social cohesion to address America’s growing crisis of distrust and divisions.
Einhorn is an Emeritus Member of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University and currently serves on the Cornell Tech Council. He is also serving on the boards of City Year and the Robin Hood Foundation. He has three children: daughters Rachel and Naomi and son Mitchell.