Jonathan Hoffman

Hoffman began working on Wall Street, at Lehman Brothers, in 1994. He expected to eventually enter his family's candy business, but soon became successful in trading government bonds.^[6][7]

He describes his trading strategy as having "quite a bit of gut in it" because he pays little attention to factors including economic growth rates and monetary policies.^[8][9]

In 2001, Hoffman moved to Palm Beach, Florida and began to work out of Lehman Brother's Miami office. From 2005 to 2008, Hoffman earned more than $140 million in bonuses and in 2008 became the firm's highest paid employee.^[10] He served as the Head of Global Rates at Lehman Brothers.^{[11][12][13][14]}

Following Lehman Brother's bankruptcy in 2008, Hoffman worked at Barclay's from 2009 to 2013. He brought in more $1.1 billion during his time there, but left following greater federal regulations of the stock market.^[15][16][17]

After leaving Barclay's, he took time off for two years before beginning to trade stocks from his home.

Since 2017, Hoffman has worked for ExodusPoint, a hedge fund.^[18][19]

Hoffman currently lives in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania with his wife, Dr. Meredith Hoffman, and three children.

In 2016, Hoffman sued the estate of Lehman Brothers seeking $83 million in unpaid bonuses. Lehman Brothers was originally ordered to pay Hoffman $7.7 million, but U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield later overruled that verdict, which was later reinstated by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.^{[20][21][22][23]}