Paul Singer

Founder + Investor + Philanthropist

Male

Born Aug 22, 1944

Age 68

Hometown New York

Nationality American

Paul Singer is the founder and CEO of hedge fund Elliott Management Corporation and The Paul E. Singer Family Foundation.

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Group Pushes Republicans To Back Gay Marriage
Huffington Post - Apr 27, 2013

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A national group of prominent GOP donors that supports gay marriage is pouring new money into lobbying efforts to get Republican lawmakers to vote to make it legal. American Unity PAC was formed last year to lend financial support to Republicans who bucked the party's longstanding opposition to gay marriage. Its founders are launching a new lobbying organization, American Unity Fund, and already have spent more than $250,000 in Minnesota, where the Legislature ...
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Argentina Offers To Pay Debts With Cash & Bonds
Fox News - Mar 30, 2013

Argentina proposed a creative way out of its debt showdown Friday night, describing a mix of cash and bonds that it suggested would amount to a huge profit, but not a gargantuan one, for the investors it calls "vulture funds." The government's lawyers gave an appellate panel in New York a proposed payment plan that could take many more years to cancel $1.44 billion in defaulted bonds, interest and penalties left unpaid since the country's world-record 2001 default. ...
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Argentina Could Be Headed For Economic 'Suicide,' Analysts Say
Huffington Post - Mar 29, 2013

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- With just hours to go before Argentina has to show its last cards in a billion-dollar debt showdown in the U.S. courts, President Cristina Fernandez seems to be keeping up her "we're going for more" motto. Her government is reportedly preparing a response that analysts say could lead the country into another catastrophic default. Argentina has until midnight Friday to propose how it would satisfy a $1.4 billion judgment won by plaintiffs who have insist...
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Mormon Church Shift On Gay Marriage Brings Momentum To Pro Equality Camp
Huffington Post - Mar 26, 2013

(Reuters) - On a frosty December night last year, about two dozen guests slipped into the Alta Club, a century-old private retreat a block away from the temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that dominates Salt Lake City. Two men, who didn't know each other, were the reason for the dinner: church lobbyist Bill Evans and gay rights leader Rick Jacobs. Evans was a point man for the church's successful effort to pass California's gay marriage ban, known as Prop 8...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1944 Birth Born in 1944.

THIRTIES

1977 33 Years Old In 1977, Singer founded the hedge fund Elliott Associates L.P. with $1.3 million from various friends and family members. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

2007 63 Years Old 1 More Event

Singer has been active in Republican Party politics and was a major contributor to George W. Bush's presidential campaigns. In 2007, Singer led a financial industry fund-raising effort for Rudolph Giuliani, first as regional finance chair and later as senior policy adviser.

2008 64 Years Old President George W. Bush appointed Singer to serve on the Honorary Delegation to accompany him to Jerusalem for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel in May 2008.

2011 67 Years Old 1 More Event

In 2011, Singer played a major role in passing legislation that would allow same-sex marriage in the state of New York by, along with other major GOP donors, throwing his support behind it.

2012 68 Years Old In 2012, Singer provided $1 million to start a super PAC named American Unity PAC. … Read More

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