<p>Prior to founding Tekne, Beeneet Kothari was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at PointState Capital, a multi-billion dollar global macro investment firm.</p> <p>&zwj;</p> <p>Before joining PointState at launch in January 2011, Mr. Kothari was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Duquesne Capital Management, a thirty-year old investment firm founded by Stanley F. Druckenmiller. At Duquesne, Mr. Kothari managed a global technology, media and telecom portfolio and helped manage the fund&rsquo;s overall technology exposure. He joined Duquesne as an analyst in September 2005 and became Managing Director four years later in 2009.</p> <p>&zwj;</p> <p>Prior to joining Duquesne, Mr. Kothari worked at Morgan Stanley as an investment banking analyst after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004.</p> <p>&zwj;</p> <p>He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania&rsquo;s joint-degree program in Management and Technology with dual degrees from Wharton and Engineering, and also earned a Master&rsquo;s in Biotechnology, in four years. He graduated with honors including the prestigious Dean&rsquo;s Award for excellence from Wharton, awarded to the top student in each graduating class. Mr. Kothari lives in New York City with his wife and two children.</p> 34 Beeneet Kothari Tekne Capital Management (USA) 20 BEENEET KOTHARI _TEKNE_WEB.jpg https://www.heartsandmindsinvestments.com.au:443/site/irmbiographyfile/34/BEENEETKOTHARI_TEKNE_WEB.jpg https://www.heartsandmindsinvestments.com.au:443/site/irmbiographyfile/34/thumbnail/BEENEETKOTHARI_TEKNE_WEB.jpg ShowBiographyDetailsXml https://www.heartsandmindsinvestments.com.au:443/site/showbiographylistxml.aspx?CategoryID=563&MasterPage=3&Page=1