Glenn H. Greenberg
Glenn Hank Greenberg (born January 22, 1947) is the Managing Director and Founder of Brave Warrior Advisors, a privately owned Investment Advisory firm.
Glenn Hank Greenberg |
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Born |
January 22, 1947 in New York City |
Spouse |
Linda Vester |
Children |
7 |
Parents |
Hank Greenberg and Caral Gimbel |
Early life
He was born in New York City. His father was a Hall of Fame baseball player and his mother's family founded Gimbel Brothers department stores and acquired Saks Fifth Avenue. Greenberg grew up in Cleveland where his father was general manager of the Cleveland Indians and later attended Phillips Academy Andover. He earned a BA in English at Yale, an MA in Literature at NYU, and an MBA from Columbia University. He was a three-year starter at defensive tackle and later the fourth ranked US squash amateur.
Career
Greenberg taught high school and was a school principal before enrolling at Columbia in 1971. Upon graduation he worked for five years in the Pension group at Morgan Guaranty Trust as an analyst and portfolio manager. He joined Central-National Gottesman in 1978 to work for Arthur Ross and later Edgar Wachenheim. In 1984 he and John Shapiro founded Chieftain Capital Management, whose name was changed to Brave Warrior in 2010 when the partners split up.