Flush With Cash and Desperate for Talent: Inside the Hedge Fund Hiring Frenzy - Business Insider

Hedge funds have a glut of money and not enough talent to invest it. So they're building a career ladder for young talent

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI By Bradley Saacks You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. 2026-02-24T09:07:01.225Z Read in app Izzy Englander's Millennium has a problem. The firm has $86.3 billion and not nearly enough people to invest it. More than any other hedge fund, Millennium has tried to solve this talent shortage through flexibility. It's been flexible about where its portfolio managers live, allowing a select few to set up in tax havens such as Puerto Rico and Dubai. It lets some PMs start their own firms while continuing to…

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