Finance undergraduates in the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business engaged with legendary investor Leon Cooperman in a “lunch and learn” session in New York City on May 26, 2015.
Cooperman, who operates a $9 billion hedge fund as CEO and chairman of Omega Advisors, recounted his career (Read CNBC’s Alpha Addict: The Amazing Career of Leon Cooperman), gave a market outlook and engaged the students in a Q&A.
Adjunct finance professor Joseph Rinaldi organized the meeting, with assistance from Smith finance graduate Kevin Shao ’14, an investment advisor with Quantum Financial Advisors, where Rinaldi is CEO.
Smith finance majors Bennett Leveillee, Christopher Yoder, Pavan Rangachar, John Esposito, and William Enrique Dyess (UMD economics double major) were among participants selected from 45 UMD Smith-student applicants. UMD economics student, Lee G. Lovett III, also participated, as well as Quantum student interns Yingda Li (University of Denver), Chengyang He (Columbia University), Lawrence Kubli (American University), and Tian Yi Leng (George Washington University).
Rinaldi also has led Smith undergraduates in his Futures, Options and Derivatives class in each of the past six years to a Barron’s Roundtable in New York.
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