Steven A. Cohen

Founder of Point72 Asset Management; owner of the New York Mets^[1]

Steven A. Cohen is an American investor, founder of S.A.C. Capital Advisors and Point72 Asset Management, and owner of the New York Mets. He earned an economics degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978 and began his career trading at Gruntal & Co. He established S.A.C. in 1992. Point72 began in 2014 as a family office and later returned to managing outside capital. In 2016, the SEC settled a personal failure-to-supervise proceeding with Cohen and temporarily barred him from supervising outside money. That settlement must be distinguished from the separate criminal case against S.A.C. entities. Cohen acquired the Mets in 2020. His baseball ownership, investment career and regulatory record are separately sourced below.