David E. Shaw

Business Positions

The Aspen High Seas Initiative Brings the ocean community & world leaders together to advance sustainable management & protection of the health of our planet’s ocean, including the High Seas.

• Co-chair (Mar 16 '18→?)

D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C. A privately owned hedge fund sponsor

• President

D. E. Shaw Research An independent research laboratory in the field of computational biochemistry

• Chief Scientist ('01→?) [+1]

• Lead Scientist

Juno Internet Service

• Founder and Chairman ('96→?)

Morgan Stanley investment bank

• Analyst ('86→'88)

Board Memberships

D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. A global investment and technology development firm

• Founder ('88)

Council on Competitiveness

• Board Member

Positions

Council on Competitiveness

• Executive Committee

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems.

• Fellow

Columbia University Oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York

• Senior Research Fellow [+1]

• Assistant Professor ('80→'86)

Government Positions

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Multi-disciplinary group of experts advising the US President on Science and Technology matters

• Member ('94→'00)

Donations

Prostate Cancer Foundation The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) was founded in 1993 to find better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer.

• Donation · 1,000,000 USD

Andrew Cuomo former governor of New York State

• 5 contributions · 37,500 USD (Jan 8 '02→Sep 30 '10)

H Carl McCall Chairman, SUNY; former NYS Comptroller

• 1 contribution · 20,000 USD (Sep 27 '02)

Eliot Spitzer Former Governor of New York linked to NXIVM

• 1 contribution · 5,000 USD (Jul 5 '05)

Mark J Green Former NYC Consumer Affairs Commissioners

• 3 contributions · 4,500 USD (Jan 10 '05→Nov 23 '07)

Janet DiFiore Chief Judge of the State of New York, will step down at the end of August 2022

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Nov 2 '09)

Charlie King NY political operative

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Jul 8 '02)

Alan Hevesi NY State Assemblyman and Comptroller ('03-'06), banned from public office after pension scandal

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Sep 30 '02)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Senate Majority PAC Democratic SuperPAC that supports Senate candidates

• 6 contributions · 3,000,000 USD (Apr 25 '19→Apr 8 '22)

Priorities USA Action Pro-Obama/Hillary Clinton Super PAC

• 3 contributions · 3,000,000 USD (May 20 '20→Sep 9 '20)

DNC-Non-Federal Individual

• 8 contributions · 1,017,068 USD ('95→'02)

House Majority PAC "holding Republicans accountable and helping Democrats win seats in the House"

• 4 contributions · 800,000 USD (Dec 11 '19→Apr 11 '22)

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 7 contributions · 253,500 USD (Jun 19 '19→May 20 '22)

DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account

• 3 contributions · 200,000 USD ('97→'98)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Committee to elect Democratic Congressmembers

• 4 contributions · 145,000 USD (Jun 21 '20→May 18 '22)

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Political Fundraising Committee for Democratic Senatorial Candidates

• 4 contributions · 144,000 USD (Jun 17 '19→May 18 '22)

Dscc/Non-Fed Unincorp Assoc

• 4 contributions · 120,000 USD ('01→'02)

House Victory Project 2020

• 4 contributions · 112,000 USD (Dec 13 '19→Sep 21 '20)

Holdings

D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.

• sole shareholder; percent stake: 100%

D. E. Shaw & Co. II, Inc.

• sole shareholder; percent stake: 100%

Members

Samuel R Allen Chairman & CEO, Deere & Company

• Member

Family

Beth Kobliner personal finance journalist

• Spouse

Services & Transactions

Paloma Partners LLC Holding company that provides security brokerage, investment, and management consultancy services.

• financed

Andrew Schwaeber Investor in D.E. Shaw and other businesses. Sued Schering Plough which was acquired by Merck in '08

• did invest in D.E. Shaw founded by

Donald Sussman Paloma Partners hedge fund wealth manager, philanthropist, major Democratic donor

• investor

Loews Corporation Loews Corporation is one of the largest diversified holding companies in the United States, with five operating subsidiaries

• provided financing for (Dec 2 '95→?)

Schools

Stanford University One of the world's leading research and teaching institutions

• ScD (?→'80)