Michael Price
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Michael Price

United States 74 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
investments
Residence
Organization
President at MFP Investors Inc.
Education
University of Oklahoma (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Children
4

Assets

  • Franklin Resources Inc.
    6,570,000 shares @ -
    -
    BEN-US

Biography

Michael Price runs MFP Investors, a New York-based hedge fund with over $1 billion in assets.

Price began his career in finance as a research assistant at Heine Securities in 1975 and bought the company after Michael Heine died in 1988.

Price increased the value of the firm's assets under management to $17 billion before selling it to Franklin Securities for $670 million in 1996.

After the sale, Price stayed on at Franklin Securities as chairman and to manage the mutual funds. He left in 2001.

In 1997, he donated $18 million to his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma, which renamed the business school after him.

About

In 2001, Price donated $25 million to Yeshiva University to fund the 223,000-square-foot Michael F. Price Center for Genetic and Translational Medicine.