Michael Wang

Founder of Prometheus & World’s Best Dad (according to my kids, data may be biased)

United States

About

I built Prometheus to connect the world’s most powerful family offices with each other — and with the opportunities that matter most. Before founding Prometheus, I was a hedge fund manager at Stevie Cohen's SAC Capital (now Point72), founding Principal at multi-billion dollar Tourbillon Capital, and later Managing Partner at Cypress Funds, one of the oldest hedge funds still in existence (founded by my partner Robert Day in 1969). Along the way, I was named one of Institutional Investor’s Hedge Fund Rising Stars and have been featured and quoted in leading outlets including Bloomberg, Forbes and Fortune.

Experience

  • Founder & CEO at Prometheus Alternative Investments
    Jul 2020 - Present · 6 yrs

    By Invitation. For those who already move in rare circles. If you need to ask, it’s not for you.

  • Founder & CEO at The Giving Tree Asset Management
    Jan 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

    My family office making public equity & venture investments

  • Managing Partner & Portfolio Manager at The Cypress Funds
    Feb 2015 - Jan 2020 · 5 yrs

    Co-Managing Partner with Robert A. Day, founder of TCW and patriarch of the Keck family, one of California’s original oil families (Superior Oil). Robert launched Cypress in 1969, making it one of the oldest funds still in existence. Cypress pursues an opportunistic strategy of concentrated, high-conviction equity investments across multiple geographies, focused on maximizing returns on both the long and short sides of the portfolio.

  • Principal at Tourbillon Capital Partners
    2012 - Jan 2015 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Global Long/Short Equity Low-Net Hedge Fund. Grew from scratch to $2bn by the time I left to run Cypress.

  • Senior Analyst at SAC Capital
    2007 - 2012 · 5 yrs

    The real-life “Billions”