OUR TEAM
We’re investors, advisors, but most importantly, partners.
Edward Chen
managing partner
Edward Chen founded Carnegie Park Capital in 2021 and currently serves as Managing Partner of the firm. Prior to founding Carnegie Park Capital, Mr. Chen was a Portfolio Manager at Water Island Capital, which he joined in 2013 and where he led the firm’s long-short equity portfolios and investments in SPACs.
Prior to joining Water Island Capital, Mr. Chen was a Managing Director and led the U.S. Event-Driven Strategy effort at Jefferies, which he joined in 2009. Prior to Jefferies, Mr. Chen was a member at Citigroup’s Event-Driven trading desk responsible for due diligence in merger arbitrage and SPAC investments.
Mr. Chen started his career in finance at Citigroup in the firm’s Media & Telecom Investment Banking group. Mr. Chen received an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and a BSE from the University of Pennsylvania.
Christopher Bradley
Operating Partner
Christopher Bradley joined Carnegie Park Capital as an Operating Partner in 2021 and is also a Managing Director at Mistral Equity Partners since 2008. He has over 20 years of experience identifying acquisition candidates, conducting due diligence and structuring deals.
Mr. Bradley has extensive experience with special purpose acquisition companies, including serving as the current Chief Financial Officer of Tastemaker Acquisition Corp., the current Chief Financial Officer of Haymaker Acquisition Corp. III, the current Chief Financial Officer of AF Acquisition Corp., serving on the advisory board of Coliseum Acquisition Corp., having served as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Haymaker II until its business combination with ARKO in December 2020, and having served as the Chief Financial Officer of Haymaker I before its business combination with OneSpaWorld in 2019.
Mr. Bradley co-founded and currently serves on the board of The Beacon Consumer Incubator Fund (a venture capital fund that invests in consumer technology companies), and formerly served on the board of Jamba, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ:JMBA), The Lovesac Company (NASDAQ:LOVE), Creminelli Fine Meats, LLC, and Country Pure Foods.
Additionally, Mr. Bradley served as an investment banker at Banc of America Securities, a Manager in Burger King’s strategy group, and a Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers’ management consulting practice. Mr. Bradley holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BA from the University of Chicago.
Henry Choi
Operating Partner
Henry Choi joined Carnegie Park Capital in 2021 as an Operating Partner. He is also a Managing Partner for Blue Bird Partners where he evaluates and invests in venture capital, private equity, public equities and real estate.
Before forming Blue Bird Partners, Mr. Choi spent 12 years in the hedge fund industry as a Portfolio Manager focused on Event Driven strategies at Highbridge Capital Management LLC, Hudson Bay Capital Management LP, and Thales Fund Management LLC. Prior to his hedge fund career, Mr. Choi spent six years as an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Mr. Choi graduated with honors from Boston University Questrom School of Business with a dual concentration in Finance and Information Systems, and a minor in Economics. He currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.
Stephen King
Operating Partner
Stephen King joined Carnegie Park Capital in 2021 as an Operating Partner. Mr. King is a Managing Partner of Violet Hill Partners Limited, a multi-strategy hedge fund based in Hong Kong and Managing Partner of Monarch Partners, a single-family family office. In these capacities, Mr. King pursues investments in the public equity, private equity, SPAC and real estate markets.
Mr. King is an active participant in the SPAC market, investing in securities across the lifecycle of a SPAC. Through Violet Hill Partners, Mr. King also invests in SPAC public equity, warrants and PIPEs.
Before establishing Violet Hill Partners in 2010, Mr. King was a Partner and member of the Investment Committee at Unitas Capital (formerly known as J.P. Morgan Partners Asia), a leading private equity investor and financial sponsor in the Asia-Pacific region with US$3.9 billion under management. While at Unitas, Mr. King served as Chairman of two companies, each with excess of US$1 billion in revenues. He also served on the boards of seven other portfolio companies.
Mr. King was previously an investment banker with J.P. Morgan & Co. and with Merrill Lynch & Co. Mr. King graduated cum laude from Harvard University with an AB in Economics. Mr. King is also a cum laude graduate of Phillips Academy and of Eton College in the UK.
Jeffrey Lee
Operating Partner
Jeffrey Lee joined Carnegie Park Capital as an Operating Partner in 2021. Mr. Lee has spent his career investing in public equities, distressed debt, private equity, and real estate. He is currently the managing partner of Apium Capital LP, a private investment firm. Mr. Lee was formerly a senior partner and managing director at Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P., a $4 billion multi-strategy investment firm in New York. He was co-portfolio manager for Owl Creek Flagship, a $3 billion hedge fund with a focus on global equities and distressed debt, and a co-portfolio manager for Owl Creek Asia, a $600 million Asia-focused hedge fund. From 2009 to 2015, he served on the Board of Directors of Universal Studios Japan.
Mr. Lee graduated with an AB in Business Economics and an AB in International Relations from Brown University. He has an interest in education and currently serves on the Board of Regents at Harris Manchester College, Oxford University, on the Board of Trustees for The Haverford School, and on the Board of Trustees for Head-Royce School. He also chairs the investment committees for the endowments at The Haverford School and Head-Royce School.
Jonathan Ko
Operating Advisor
Jonathan Ko joined Carnegie Park Capital as an Operating Advisor in 2021. Mr. Ko is a Partner in the Securities and Capital Markets Group at Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm. Mr. Ko has an active SPAC practice, representing sponsors, issuers, investors, underwriters, financial advisors and placement agents in a wide range of matters throughout the SPAC life cycle. Mr. Ko has been recognized for Capital Markets: Debt and Equity in IFLR1000 and for Capital Markets: Equity in The Legal 500.
Mr. Ko received his BA from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and his JD from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.
Elliott Smith
Operating Advisor
Elliott Smith joined Carnegie Park Capital as an Operating Advisor in 2021. Mr. Smith is a Partner in the Capital Markets Group at White & Case, a law firm with one of the largest and most active SPAC practices in the world. Mr. Smith is an expert on SPACs, having led dozens of IPOs and de-SPAC transactions over the last 11 years.
Mr. Smith received his BA from San Francisco State University and his JD from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.
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