Lee Ainslie
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| Born | Lee S. Ainslie III 1964 (age 59–60)[1]
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
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| Known for | Founding Maverick Capital |
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| Board member of | Robin Hood Foundation |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Ainslie |
| Children | 2 |
Lee S. Ainslie III (born 1964) is an American businessman who founded the hedge fund firm Maverick Capital.[2][3] He is also a board member of the Robin Hood Foundation and owns a minority stake in the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL).
Ainslie's father was headmaster of Episcopal High School, a private school in Alexandria, Virginia from which Ainslie graduated.[4] Ainslie holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan–Flagler Business School.[5][6]
Prior to founding Maverick Capital in 1993, Ainslie worked at Tiger Management, where he and other former employees had been nicknamed "Tiger Cubs" in the hedge fund industry.[5][7][8][9][10][11] Ainslie helped form Maverick Capital in 1993 at the invitation of billionaire Sam Wyly.[12][13] Maverick Capital was reported to have $9 billion under management in 2013.[14][15]
Ainslie has been profiled in books such as Hedge Hunters, by Katherine Burton,[16] New Investment Superstars by Lois Peltz.[17] and The Big Win by Stephen Weiss.[18]
Ainslie supported Mitt Romney in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.[19][20] He is on the board of directors of the Robin Hood Foundation.[21][22] In 2023, Ainslie was a part of an investment group led by Josh Harris that purchased the Washington Commanders, an American football team belonging to the National Football League (NFL), for $6.05 billion.[23][24] The deal was the highest price ever paid for a sports team.[25]
He and his wife Elizabeth have two sons.[26]
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