Quotes by Michael Steinhardt

About Michael Steinhardt:

Michael H. Steinhardt is an American hedge fund manager, financier, investor, newspaper publisher, and philanthropist active in Jewish causes. He was one of the first prominent hedge fund managers, and is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He founded Steinhardt, Fine, Berkowitz & Co., a hedge fund, in 1967. Author Sebastian Mallaby referred to Steinhardt as "a legend in the story of hedge funds, partly because of his success as a trader, but also because of his personality."
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A little part of my life is built around ancient art.

Michael Steinhardt

Art is a form of asset. Hedge-fund managers who have made money fast should diversify into other areas.

Michael Steinhardt

Part of my attraction to ancient art is that there is an element of risk, of speculation.

Michael Steinhardt

Speculative joy, the joy derived from being right and being rewarded, may well be similar to the rush felt by a winning gambler.

Michael Steinhardt

In North America, the greatest threat to the Jewish people is not the external force of antisemitism, but the internal forces of apathy, inertia and ignorance of our own heritage.

Michael Steinhardt

If you see a wonderful archaic Greek marble object in a museum, it's not only that it's beautiful, but what comes to your mind is the fact that it's 2,600 or so years old, and it was done by a human being at that time who you have such a limited abil...

Michael Steinhardt

The Orthodox believe in Jewish literacy, and most of the rest of us couldn't care less. Rabbis and other creatures have a monopoly on Judaism. This is a turnoff in a world that is increasingly secular and that has turned away from religion. Jews are ...

Michael Steinhardt

I was happier when pursuing success than I was when savoring its fruits; the attraction, perhaps the addiction, was in the process, as much as in its end.

Michael Steinhardt

Author Bio

  • NameMichael Steinhardt
  • DescriptionAmerican financier, newspaper publisher, philanthropist
  • BornDecember 7, 1940
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFinancier