Arthur J. Samberg

Arthur J. Samberg (born 1941) was the chief executive officer, president and chairman of Pequot Capital Management, a hedge fund which at one point was the largest in the world at over $15 billion. Samberg's flagship Pequot fund, started in 1986, returned 17.8% (net) over the life of the fund. He currently manages his family office through Hawkes Financial LLC.

Samberg holds a S.B. (Aeronautics and Astronautics) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is a Life Member of the MIT Corporation, and a Member of MIT Executive Committee. For five years he served as Chairman of the MIT Investment Management Company and currently sits on the Board of Advisor of the MIT Energy Initiative. Samberg earned his M.S. (Aeronautics and Astronautics) from Stanford University and M.B.A. from Columbia University, where he is Co-Chair of the Board of Overseers of the Business School.

The son of an electrician, Samberg served as an engineer in the aeronautics industry before working in finance. Specifically, during the early to mid-1960s, Arthur Samberg worked as an Aerospace Engineer at the Lockheed Missile and Space Company in the San Francisco Bay Area. He primarily focused on developing guidance and control technologies for the Agena missile system.

Samberg began his career in the investment industry as a Security Analyst at Kidder Peabody & Co. in New York City. There, he developed reports with recommendations to buy, sell, and hold securities, focusing on firms in the aeronautics and defense electronics industries. In 1969, Samberg moved into a Security Analyst position at the boutique research firm Lombard, Vitalis, Paganucci and Nelson, Inc., also in New York City. Subsequently, as the first professional hire at the start-up company Weiss, Peck & Greer, he served as a Security Analyst. He later assumed a Partner role, and he additionally served on the Management Committee during his last five years with the firm. During his 15-year tenure at Weiss, Peck & Greer, the investment management company grew to $8 billion. Between 1985 and 1999, as founder and President of Dawson-Samberg Capital Management, Inc., in Southport, Connecticut, Samberg established the first Pequot hedge fund. In 1999, he spun out his funds into the newly formed Pequot Capital Management Inc. In 2009, Samberg decided to shut down Pequot Capital and now manages his family office though Hawkes Financial, LLC.

Samberg currently manages his family office through Hawkes Financial LLC. He is a Member of the Board and Executive Committee of Tri Alpha Energy, Inc., on the Board of Levant Power Corporation, and Chairman of the Board of JetSuite, LLC.

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