Donald Sussman

Founder, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer

Donald Sussman is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of the Paloma Fund. Mr. Sussman was named to the Institutional Investor-Alpha Hedge Fund Hall of Fame in 2013. He was the recipient of Hedge Funds Review’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013 and Institutional Investor’s Alternative Investment News Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. Mr. Sussman is an Honorary Trustee and former Co-Chair of the Investment Committee of Carnegie Hall. He is a Trustee/Board member of Emily’s List, Center for American Progress, as well as an Honorary Trustee of the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. Mr. Sussman received the Horatio Alger Award in 2023 for professional achievement and philanthropy. Mr. Sussman attended Columbia College and received a B.S. and an MBA from New York University as well as an Honorary Doctorate from the Weizmann Institute of Science and Maine College of Art.