Greg Coffey
history| birth_place = Sydney, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Macquarie University | occupation = Hedge fund manager | salary = | networth = $743 million (Business Review Weekly) | spouse = | children = | religion = | website = }} Greg Coffey is an Australian hedge fund manager based in London.
Early life and education
Coffey graduated in actuarial studies from Macquarie University.
Career
Coffey joined Macquarie Bank in 1993 and in 1994 traded emerging-market equity derivatives at Bankers Trust and Deutsche Bank AG. Coffey was hired by Blueborder Partners, a George Soros related hedge fund and hired by Bank Austria to oversee global equity proprietary trading.
Coffey was a widely acclaimed trader at GLG Partners (GLG) who then announced his plan to leave behind his $200m GLG Partners compensation package for other endeavors. Industry sources estimated that Coffey was responsible for two-thirds of GLG's performance fees during his time there. In November 2008, Coffey left GLG to become co-chief investment officer of Moore Europe Capital Management, a subsidiary of Moore Capital Management. »FT.com / Financials - Coffey hedges to join Bacon [http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,23594119-462,00.html Greg Coffey hires spin doctors to handle PR]
Personal life
Coffey is estimated to have earned £170m in the previous year after increasing by 51% the value of his emerging markets fund.
In November 2010 Coffey bought Ardfin, a 12,000-acre sporting estate on the island of Jura in Scotland.