Need Help - Hedge Funds Chicago

Looking to move into HF with little experience. Came from Corp Finance and want to find a company that will look to hire entry level. Any suggestions for companies to look at? Doesn't need to be the biggest or best. Just want to get into the industry and specifically in Chicago. I finish up school in December from a school that is nowhere near Chicago, so I'm a little concerned, but I have a backup offer from my internship there from the summer. I just want to find work I'm interested in which i know is in HF. Thanks.

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These are the "Citadel cubs", some of them might be based in Chicago. Beware these are probably mostly low-net / market-neutral given Citadel lineage - make sure you are down for that style.

Gillson, Alyeska, Magnetar, and Kodai I know are Illinois-based.

Emanuele Minotti Theorema Asset Management Reade Griffith Polygon Bradford Couri and Levoyd Robinson Chicago Fundamental Investment Partners Alec Litowitz Magnetar Capital Matthew Wood Lancaster Investment Management Matt Halbower Pentwater Capital Management Richard Levy, Brendan Carroll, Matthew Ray and David Valentine Victory Park Capital Anand Parekh Alyeska Investment Group Danny Yong Dyman Asia Capital Pavandeep Sethi Gladius Capital Management Misha Malyshev Teza Capital Management Robert Polak Anchor Bolt Capital Joe Russell Bell Point Capital Svetlana Lee Varna Capital Todd Kantor Encompass Capital Clint Murray Lodge Hill Capital Nathan Miller NGM Asset Management Efrem Kamen Pura Vida Investments Kevin Scherer Continuum Investment Management Greg Konezny Provenire Capital Gina Goodman Reid Street Fund Andy Greenberg Saker Management Stephen Perkins Toronado Capital Management Philip Ordway Anabatic Investment Anthony Chedid Cedrus Park Management Rick McQuet Club Hill Capital Arthur Kaz Greenbriar Asset Management Wayne Yu BCK Capital Jacob Walthour Jr. Blueprint Capital Advisors Steve Pigott Fort Baker Capital Neil Shahrestani Ikarian Capital Management Renee Yao Neo Ivy Capital Jonathan Tunick Vitalogy Capital Partners Sal Abbasi Coatbridge Capital Jeff Schleppy Illumine Capital Group Steven Boyd Trebuchet Capital Management Daniel Chai Turret Capital Jonathan Graham Aquatic Capital Management Andrew Rechtschaffen AREX Capital Management Kevin McCarthy and Shantanu Mukherjee Breakline Capital Matthew Smith Deep Basin Capital Brandon Haley Holocene Advisors Peter Seuss Prana Capital Michael Cowley Sandbar Asset Management Bradley Davis Tetrahedron Capital Hal Goltz Acta Capital Ethan Youderian Phase3 Capital Management Scott Carmel Southside Capital William Wyatt The Donerail Group David Witzke Avidity Partners Management Donn Stobierski Black Bear Capital Advisors Greg Blotnik Brattle Street Capital Brandon Wier BWCP Jack Woodruff Candlestick Capital Richard Schimel and Larry Sapanski Cinctive Capital Management Suraj Chopra Force Hill Capital Management Edgar Allen High Ground Investment Management Brian Scudieri Kehrs Ridge Capital Winston Feng MassAve Global Greg Royce Maximus Long Short Equity Mark Schlueter Sagefield Capital Bob Peart Volofin Michael Rockefeller and Karl Kroeker Woodline Capital Rushin Shah Nine27 Capital Prashanth Jayaram Tri Locum Partners Daniel Johnson Gillson Capital
 

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