Monthly Archives: April 2011

PE Hub: Billionaire Steven Cohen Bidding for NY Mets Stake

Billionaire hedge fund manager Steven Cohen is bidding for a minority stake in the New York Mets baseball team, Reuters reported, citing a story in the Wall Street Journal. The team is attempting to raise roughly $200 million to cover losses and pay down debt, Reuters wrote. Other bidders for the stake include Marc Spilker, president […]

Bloomberg: Hedge-Fund Billionaire Steve Cohen Said to Be Among Bidders for Mets Stake

An investment group led by David Heller, co-head of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s securities unit, and Mark Spilker, president of private-equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC, is out of the bidding, the Times said. Read more at: Bloomberg

The Wall Street Journal: Cohen Makes a Pitch for the Mets

Another group with Wall Street credentials is the team of David Heller, an executive of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and Marc Spilker, the president of Apollo Global Management LLC, the private-equity fund. Read more at: The Wall Street Journal

The New York Times: Hedge Fund Manager is Prominent in Mets Picture

Out of the bidding is an investment group formed by David Heller, a Goldman Sachs executive, and Marc Spilker, president of Apollo Global Management, and another comprised of Leo Hindery, a media investor, and Marc Utay, managing partner of Clarion Capital, a private equity firm. The status of a third syndicate, led by Steven Starker, a […]

RFK Conference

The evening kicked off the first RFK Compass Conference, organized by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights, the not-for-profit organization founded in 1968 by the late Robert Kennedy’s family and friends to carry on his legacy. Kerry, president Orin Kramer of the RFK Center, and a group of its supporters – including Orin Kramer (pictured […]