Greenlight Capital, Inc (New York)


Greenlight Capital, Inc is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $1.86 billion of regulatory assets for 5 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2011 and has operated in the jurisdiction of New York.

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Greenlight Capital provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Greenlight Capital: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Greenlight Capital, Inc is $1.86 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -80% since the beginning of its operation, and $1.05 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.


The firm manages $1.86 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $371.31 million each.
Greenlight Capital has custody of $1.86 billion in cash and securities for 5 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Greenlight Capital, Inc for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Greenlight Capital serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Greenlight Capital is pooled investment vehicles with 5 clients and $1.86 billion of assets under management. Among the 3 most similar advisory firms, Greenlight Capital has the highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.


The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.86 billion for 5 clients. 60% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Greenlight Capital also advises several private funds. Namely, five hedge funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $1,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Greenlight Capital, Inc

The company employs 32 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 41 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers



Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
David Michael Einhorn President; director 1 Jan 1996 75% - 100% 2177899
Harry Brandler Chief financial officer 1 Dec 2001 Other 5904992
Harry Joseph Brandler Chief financial officer 1 Dec 2001 Other 5904992
Daniel Roitman Chief operating officer 1 Jan 2003 Other 5904993
Daniel E Roitman Chief operating officer 1 Jan 2003 Other 5904993
Sean Paul Farrell Chief compliance officer 1 Jan 2012 Other 5708414
Vinit Sethi Vice president and director of research 1 Dec 2013 Other 2649061

Based in New York

The principal office where Greenlight Capital, Inc performs its advisory services is located at 140 East 45 Th Street, 24 Th Floor, New York, NY 10017, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Berkeley, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-973-1900 or by fax 212-973-9219. The normal business hours are 9am-5pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at greenlightcapital.com.