Buddy Fletcher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Buddy Fletcher

former American hedge fund manager

Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1965

Place of Birth: New London, Connecticut, United States

Profession: military officer, financier

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Alphonse "Buddy" Fletcher Jr.
(born December 19, 1965) is an American former hedge fund manager and founder of the Fletcher Foundation.
He began his career as a quantitative equity trader at Bear Stearns and later worked at Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Fletcher, who is African American, sued Kidder Peabody for racial discrimination.
Although his racial discrimination claims were dismissed, he eventually won an arbitration award of US$1.26 million.
Fletcher has also been involved in litigation centered on a dispute with the board of The Dakota apartment building in New York City. Fletcher founded Fletcher Asset Management in 1991.
His main fund, Fletcher International, may have been insolvent since 2008 and was declared bankrupt in 2012.