• Timothy S. Lash

     

                                                                             

                                                                                                 2016 Inductee

      

    • While in high school, was Valedictorian, Student Council President, National Merit Scholar and member of the Marching Band as well as Swim and Basketball teams
    • Joseph Wharton and Benjamin Franklin Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business (B.S. Economics 1997)
    • President of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity and Executive Vice President of the Interfraternity Council at the University of Pennsylvania
    • Associate in the High Yield Capital Markets and Telecom Investment Banking teams at Deutsche Bank Securities and author of the High Yield Weekly Update
    • Head of Tech, Media and Telecom investing at Third Point LLC, overseeing investments worth over $4 billion
    • Led Third Point’s first $1 billion investment in Yahoo!, successfully winning proxy contest to install new leadership and governance.   The investment was Third Point’s first and only investment yielding over $1 billion in profits.
    • Led Third Point’s investment $1 billion investment in Sony, leading a new wave of investor activism in Japan and highlighting the value of Sony’s Entertainment assets
    • Member of the Board of Directors, Ception Therapeutics, sold to Cephalon for $500 million in 2010.  The Company’s drug for the treatment of Eosinophilic Asthma was FDA approved in 2016.
    • Member of the Board of Directors of Penske Business Media, owner of Deadline Hollywood, Variety and WWD trade publications.
    • Tech, Media and Telecom Portfolio Manager at Hutchin Hill Capital
    • Youth Soccer Coach in Darien, CT (8 years)