Andrew Klaber
American investment executive
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Andrew Klaber is the chief executive officer of Bedford Ridge Capital,[1] an investment management firm in New York. Previously, Klaber was a partner on the investment team at Paulson & Co., a multi-strategy hedge fund. He is also the founder and emeritus chairman and president of Even Ground,[2] an international non-profit organization that annually provides academic support, basic health care, and nutrition to more than 2,000 children[3] who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS.
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Klaber at Yale University | |
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| Employer | Bedford Ridge Capital |
Education
Originally from Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Klaber attended Adlai E. Stevenson High School,[4] graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa president[5] from Yale College, where he was a Truman Scholar,[6] Udall Scholar,[7] and First-Team USA-Today Academic All-American,[8] and received the Arthur Twining Hadley Prize and David Everett Chantler Award at graduation for "exemplifying qualities of courage, strength of character and high moral purpose."[9] He earned Masters of Science degrees in Financial Economics and Economic History as a Marshall Scholar[10] at Oxford University, and holds a JD/MBA from Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, where he graduated with Distinction and as the Dean's Award winner.[11]
He is a Fellow at Trumbull College, Yale University.[12]
Sports
Andrew rowed on the Yale lightweight crew (2002 national champions),[13] ran in the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, Hamptons, London, New York (2009, 2013, 2016), Paris, Philadelphia, Valencia, and Washington, D.C. marathons, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro,[14] and pedaled 4,200 miles (New Haven, Connecticut, to San Francisco, California) to raise awareness and financial support for Habitat for Humanity.[15]
Philanthropy and awards
Klaber serves or has served on the boards of several organizations, including the AEI Enterprise Club,[16] President of the Association of Marshall Scholars,[17] Bowery Mission Advisory and Development Board,[18] Brookings Society,[19] Cornell Tech Jacobs Institute Steering Committee,[20] Co-chair of the Echoing Green Social Investment Council,[21] French-American Foundation,[22] Harvard Law School Dean's Visiting Committee,[23] International Rescue Committee,[24] Magdalen Society,[25] Morgan Library Young Fellows,[26] National Museum of American Jewish History,[27] New York Public Library Young Lions,[28] Public Theater Young Partners,[29] Rainforest Alliance Ambassadors Circle,[30] President of the Russell Trust Association,[31] Success Academy Charter Schools Leadership Council, Truman Scholars Association,[32] United Jewish Appeal (UJA),[33] Weizmann Institute of Science,[34] and Yale Alumni Fund.[35]
Klaber is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations,[36] Economic Club of New York,[37] and Supreme Court of the United States Bar and New York State Bar,[38] and was a member of or participated in the Asia Society's Asia 21 Young Leaders Initiative,[39] French American Foundation Young Leaders Program,[40] Council for the United States and Italy Young Leaders Program,[41] Partnership for New York City David Rockefeller Fellows Program,[42] Trilateral Commission David Rockefeller Fellowship, U.S. Secretary of Defense's Joint Civilian Orientation Conference,[43] and Wexner Heritage Program.[44]
Klaber received the President's Environmental Youth Award at the White House in 2001 for his "efforts and commitment to the environment"[45] and the Yale-Jefferson Public Service Award for his "innovative and sustained contributions to society,"[46] served with the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Orphaned and Vulnerable Children,[47] and presented Even Ground at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 2008.[48]