Jean-Pierre Aguilar

Jean-Pierre Aguilar (9 August 1960 — 4 July 2009) was a French entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder and chief executive of Capital Fund Management.

Biography

Jean-Pierre Aguilar studied engineering and computer science at the Grenoble Institute of Technology, before receiving his business degree from the HEC in Paris.[1][2]

He started his financial career in 1986, working for the brokerage firm LeGrand before leaving in 1988 to found the finance software company Ubitrade.[3][4]

In 1991, he co-founded Capital Fund Management, which rapidly grew into France's largest and most successful hedge fund.[5] In 1994, along with Jean-Philippe Bouchaud he set up the Science & Finance research society, which conducted scientific work on a consultancy basis, while working exclusively for CFM on financial research. In 2000, the two entities merged.[6]

In 2004, Aguilar sold Ubitrade to GL Trade for an undisclosed amount.[7]

Death

On the morning of 4 July 2009, Aguilar died aged 49 during a gliding accident near the airport of Barcelonnette, a town in the French Alps. His co-pilot, Michel Fache, president of the local gliding club, also died in the crash.[1][4]

The succession plan set in place by Aguilar for Capital Fund Management was hailed as an example for corporate succession planning during emergencies.[8]

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gollark: It might just be my GPU being broken, so I'm going to try and underclock it some time.
gollark: I use the Nvidia Linux drivers, so I have less bloatware but more breakage and badness.
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References
  1. Jones, Sam (6 July 2009). "Hedge fund founder dies in air crash". Financial Times. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. "Jean-Pierre Aguilar: Deceased, Capital Fund Management SA". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. "Orateur - Jean-Pierre AGUILAR". L'École de Paris du management (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. Nicholson, Chris V. (6 July 2009). "Jean-Pierre Aguilar, Head of French Fund, Dies". New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. Santen, Rutger van; Khoe, Djan; Vermeer, Bram (2010). 2030: Technology That Will Change the World. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 239. ISBN 978-0-19-970376-0.
  6. McIntosh, Bill (June 2012). "Capital Fund Management: Transition completed with growth being rekindled". The Hedge Fund Journal (Issue 77). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  7. Brodie, Sophie (2 December 2004). "GL Trade buys Ubitrade for OTC push". Financial News. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  8. Graham, Michael Dennis (2013). Hedge Fund People Strategy: Human Capital That Supports Investment Excellence, Sustainability, and Growth. Waban, MA: OmniMedia Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-300-93196-6.


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