CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Barry Rosenstein
Managing Partner & Co-Portfolio Manager, JANA Partners LLC
Barry Rosenstein is the Managing Partner and Co-Portfolio Manager of JANA Partners LLC, an event-driven hedge fund he founded in 2001 located in New York with approximately $11 billion currently in investments and commitments. JANA focuses on companies with a compelling valuation and various catalysts to realize value. JANA also has a proven track record in activist investing and has been a successful activist in numerous companies including PetSmart, Inc., Walgreen Corp., Apache Corp., URS Corp., Safeway Inc., Outerwall Inc., Ashland Inc., Marathon Petroleum Corp., McGraw Hill, CNET, and Kerr-McGee.
Mr. Rosenstein graduated from Lehigh University in 1981 (Phi Beta Kappa) and earned a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business in 1984. Mr. Rosenstein is a trustee of Brown University, the US Olympic Foundation, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the 92nd Street Y in New York City.
