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Interview with David Liebowitz, Managing Partner at Aroya Capital LP

Interview with David Liebowitz, Managing Partner at Aroya Capital LP

David Liebowitz has been an investment professional for over 33 years. Prior to founding Aroya Capital LP, David served Bear Stearns in a number of capacities from 1983 to 2005. The common thread of his experience was his involvement in proprietary trading during his entire 22 years career at Bear – initially Risk Arbitrage and then Convertible Arbitrage for many years. Over the course of his career at Bear he managed as much as $4 billion of proprietary capital as well as $1.4 billion of client assets. In 1993 David was elected to the Board of Directors of The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., serving as a director until 2001.

David left Bear Stearns in October of 2005. From 2006 to 2010 he exclusively managed family assets. From 2010 to 2012, he co-managed a $200+ million asset proprietary portfolio for Mariner Investment Group. It was in 2013 that David established Aroya Capital LP. David earned a BS degree (1980) and an MBA with a concentration in finance (1983) from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Overseers of New York University School of Arts & Science. View Fund Profile