Daniel Eric Bender

General Electric Capital Corp. provides financial products and services. Its services include commercial loans and leases, fleet management, financial programs, credit cards, personal loans, and other financial services. The firm’s solutions include energy finance and aviation finance. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

D. E. Shaw & Co. LP (DESCO) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1992 by David Elliot Shaw. DESCO serves as the managing member, manager and/or investment advisor of certain entities in the D. E. Shaw Group and provides investment advice to several affiliated hedge funds and other entities. The investor base of the funds includes institutional investors and other highly sophisticated, high-net worth participants.

Kensico Capital Management Corp. (Kensico) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 2000 by Thomas Coleman and Michael Lowenstein. Kensico provides investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles that include assets from multiple investors. Investment in the funds is limited to sophisticated investors and is only offered through private placements.

Second Curve Capital LLC is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Thomas K. Brown in 2000. They provide discretionary investment advisory services to private investment funds that are offered to high net-worth individuals and accredited investors.

Shell Asset Management Company BV (SAMCo) is the asset management subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell Plc (LSE: RDSA, RDSB; ADR: RDS.A, RDS.B) in The Netherlands. Formerly known as Shell Pensioenfonds Beheer B.V., the firm is headquartered in The Hague and exclusively provides investment advice and asset management services to pension funds associated with the Shell group.

Abingdon Capital Management LLC (Abingdon Capital) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The firm was founded by Robert Jacoboski in 1999. Abingdon Capital serves as a discretionary investment adviser or sub-adviser to various privately placed, pooled investment vehicles. Investors in private funds generally include high net-worth individuals, other private funds and a variety of institutional investors.

Founded in 2002 by Dennis Rhee and Yung Lim, Treesdale Partners LLC is a hedge fund manager located in New York City. The firm's clients include insurance companies, endowments, pensions, banks and wealth managers around the world.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Tekla Capital Management LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Formerly known as Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management LLC, the firm serves as an investment adviser for four closed-end funds – Tekla Healthcare Investors, Tekla Life Sciences Investors, Tekla Healthcare Opportunities Fund and Tekla World Healthcare Fund.

GoldenTree Asset Management LP (GoldenTree) is a registered independent investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 by Steven A. Tananbaum, Steven Shapiro, Frederick Haddad and Leon Wagner. GoldenTree manages discretionary investment funds and advisory accounts for institutional investors including public and corporate pensions, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, family offices and sovereign wealth funds.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Johanna Foods, Inc. manufactures and distributes chilled fruit juices and yogurt. The firm's brands include Chiquita Coolers, La Yogurt, Sabor Latino, Ssips, and Tree Ripe. The company was founded in 1995 and is located in Flemington, NJ.

NMGF Management LLC (New Markets Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Mark Anthony Grovic and Robb Tyler Doub. The firm is headquartered in Fulton, Maryland.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Corp. is a company based in New York, NY.

Intandem Capital Partners LLC (Intandem Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Elliot S.Cooperstone. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of Triveni Capital Investments GP LLC, Triveni Capital Investments LP provides investment advice. The company is based in Stamford, CT. Founded in 2022.

CargoSense, Inc. develops software solutions that optimize logistics networks in healthcare, foo and beverage, and other industries. The firm specializes in cold chain monitoring, supply chain logistics, and pharmaceutical shipment monitoring. The company was founded by Richard Kilmer in 2012 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

ViON Corp. provides information technology storage and server solutions. Its solutions include agile cloud solution, big data, converged infrastructure, cyber security, data protection, motion imagery, storage, vion on demand. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Part of Tenet Healthcare Corp., Surgcenter Development is a corporation that partners with local surgeons to create physician-owned and physician-operated ambulatory surgical centers (ASC). The company is based in Towson, MD. Since its inception in 1993, Surgcenter has partnered in over 230 facilities, with a current portfolio of 80 operational facilities, located in over 20 states throughout the country. Surgcenter is an industry leader in the performance of complex spine surgery and outpatient joint replacement, and has partnered with thousands of surgeons over its three-decade history. The company was founded in 1993 by Gregory George, Sean O'Neal. The CEO is Stacey Berner. Surgcenter Development was acquired by United Surgical Partners International, Inc. on December 22, 2021 for $1,100 million.

Millennium Global Treasury Services Ltd. is an independent FX-as-a-service provider that offers a comprehensive FX industry glossary to help users understand the world of FX. The company is based in London, UK, and has subsidiaries in France. The British company provides easy access to the latest currency insights, market developments, and industry trends written by their internal experts and economics team. The company also offers a free independent transaction cost analysis (TCA) for best execution to achieve full transparency in real FX execution costs. The company's flagship product, Milltechfx, is an independent FX-as-a-service that enables best execution and automates currency management with access to their comparative FX marketplace. The company was founded in 1994 by Michael David Huttman, and Eric Huttman has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Part of MMAX Investment Partners, Inc., Professional Fighters League LLC is a sports league that presents MMA in a unique sports-season format where individual fighters compete in regular season, playoffs, and championship. The private company is based in New York, NY and is the #2 MMA company worldwide. The PFL roster is world-class, with 25% of PFL fighters independently ranked in the top 25 in the world. The PFL proprietary SmartCage data and analytics platform powers real-time betting and provides a next-gen viewing experience. The CEO of the company is Peter Murray.