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Business Insider
19-05-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Point72 hires Schonfeld's top HR exec as hedge fund talent wars go beyond investing talent
Jennifer Cohen, Schonfeld's one-time top HR executive, is joining $38 billion Point72. Cohen will be the 2,900-person firm's chief human resources officer, starting in January. She previously worked for private equity firm Global Atlantic and Goldman Sachs. Firms are also raiding each other for operations, human capital, and technology leaders. The latest big move is Jennifer Cohen's decision to join $38 billion Point72 from Schonfeld Strategic Advisors. Cohen has been the head of human capital management for Steve Schonfeld's eponymous fund since 2022. According to an internal Point72 memo seen by Business Insider, she'll join Steve Cohen's fund in January as the firm's chief human resources officer. "Jenn will play a pivotal role in advancing our human resources strategy, focusing on enhancing talent management, supporting organizational growth, and reinforcing our culture of excellence," wrote Gavin O'Connor, Point72's chief operating officer, in the memo. "She is uniquely positioned to lead these efforts, bringing a data-centric and process-oriented approach honed over 25 years of experience across business operations and human capital." Cohen worked at private equity firm Global Atlantic and Goldman Sachs before joining Schonfeld. At the multistrategy fund, she was a part of the leadership group that guided the manager through an unsteady 2023 that included takeover rumors by rival Millennium and ultimately culminated in the layoff of 15% of the firm's total workforce. The manager has since rebounded, with strong performance in 2024 and so far in 2025. Point72 has a larger head count than Schonfeld, with more than 2,900 total employees, according to the Stamford-based manager's website.
Business Insider
19-05-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
$38 billion Point72 poaches Schonfeld's top HR executive
Jennifer Cohen, Schonfeld's one-time top HR executive, is joining $38 billion Point72. Cohen will be the 2,900-person firm's chief human resources officer, starting in January. She previously worked for private equity firm Global Atlantic and Goldman Sachs. Firms are also raiding each other for operations, human capital, and technology leaders. The latest big move is Jennifer Cohen's decision to join $38 billion Point72 from Schonfeld Strategic Advisors. Cohen has been the head of human capital management for Steve Schonfeld's eponymous fund since 2022. According to an internal Point72 memo seen by Business Insider, she'll join Steve Cohen's fund in January as the firm's chief human resources officer. "Jenn will play a pivotal role in advancing our human resources strategy, focusing on enhancing talent management, supporting organizational growth, and reinforcing our culture of excellence," wrote Gavin O'Connor, Point72's chief operating officer, in the memo. "She is uniquely positioned to lead these efforts, bringing a data-centric and process-oriented approach honed over 25 years of experience across business operations and human capital." Cohen worked at private equity firm Global Atlantic and Goldman Sachs before joining Schonfeld. At the multistrategy fund, she was a part of the leadership group that guided the manager through an unsteady 2023 that included takeover rumors by rival Millennium and ultimately culminated in the layoff of 15% of the firm's total workforce. The manager has since rebounded, with strong performance in 2024 and so far in 2025. Point72 has a larger head count than Schonfeld, with more than 2,900 total employees, according to the Stamford-based manager's website.
Business Insider
19-05-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
$38 billion Point72 poaches Schonfeld's top HR executive
The talent war between the industry's biggest hedge funds is not just over investing professionals — even if they're the ones being lured with nine-figure pay packages. Firms are also raiding each other for operations, human capital, and technology leaders. The latest big move is Jennifer Cohen's decision to join $38 billion Point72 from Schonfeld Strategic Advisors. Cohen has been the head of human capital management for Steve Schonfeld's eponymous fund since 2022. According to an internal Point72 memo seen by Business Insider, she'll join Steve Cohen's fund in January as the firm's chief human resources officer. "Jenn will play a pivotal role in advancing our human resources strategy, focusing on enhancing talent management, supporting organizational growth, and reinforcing our culture of excellence," wrote Gavin O'Connor, Point72's chief operating officer, in the memo. "She is uniquely positioned to lead these efforts, bringing a data-centric and process-oriented approach honed over 25 years of experience across business operations and human capital." Cohen worked at private equity firm Global Atlantic and Goldman Sachs before joining Schonfeld. At the multistrategy fund, she was a part of the leadership group that guided the manager through an unsteady 2023 that included takeover rumors by rival Millennium and ultimately culminated in the layoff of 15% of the firm's total workforce. The manager has since rebounded, with strong performance in 2024 and so far in 2025. Point72 has a larger head count than Schonfeld, with more than 2,900 total employees, according to the Stamford-based manager's website.
USA Today
23-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
USC's Jennifer Cohen discusses the future of the Notre Dame football rivalry
USC's Jennifer Cohen discusses the future of the Notre Dame football rivalry A lot of people are wondering if the USC-Notre Dame football series should continue as an annual event USC football versus Notre Dame is one of the fiercest and most storied rivalries in all of college sports. The series dates back nearly a century, and outside of the COVID season in 2020, the Trojans and Irish have faced off every year since the end of World War II. Recently, however, the changing landscape of college football has called into question the future of the rivalry. With USC now playing in the Big Ten Conference and the expanded College Football Playoff potentially de-incentivizing teams from scheduling difficult nonconference games, there are questions on both sides as to whether continuing the series makes sense or not. So could college football's greatest intersectional rivalry be in jeopardy? In a recent interview with Antonio Morales of The Athletic, USC Athletic Director Jennifer Cohen discussed the future of the Trojans' rivalry with Notre Dame. "It's such an important series to our fans and both universities," Cohen said. "I've said this before and I'll say it again: In an ideal world, we're going to keep playing each other. With that being said, the landscape has changed dramatically. We're now playing in a conference where we fly back and forth across the country every other week, and CFP expansion and how you get access to the CFP and how things are seeded and selected. Those, to me, are important, unanswered questions. So we remain in conversations with Notre Dame about the series. I think we're clear to each other (that) we're going to continue to evaluate what's best, and it's my job to evaluate what's best for our student-athletes and our program. As we keep doing that, we're excited to go back to South Bend next year." It is hard to imagine a world in which USC and Notre Dame do not play each other in football every season. But then again, 10 years ago, it would have been nearly impossible to imagine a world in which USC was in the Big Ten, the College Football Playoff had 12 teams, and the sport's players were essentially free agents every offseason and could legally be paid seven-figure contracts. The sport of college football is changing rapidly, and for better or worse, many of the traditions that have lasted for decades are being left behind. As of now, USC and Notre Dame have the series scheduled through 2026. Beyond that, however, the future of the rivalry remains uncertain. The Trojans and Irish will meet on October 18 of this fall in South Bend.
