Gabe Plotkin

Early life and education Gabe Plotkin was born and raised in a modest Jewish family in Portland, Maine. He graduated magna cum laude from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in economics.

Business career After graduating, he worked for Henry Crown and Company before joining North Sound Capital as a consumer stocks analyst. In 2006, he joined S.A.C. Capital Advisors, a hedge fund founded by Steve Cohen, where he was one of its top traders. He managed one of the firm's largest portfolios, valued at over $1 billion.

Melvin Capital Management

In 2014, with a $200 million investment from Cohen, Plotkin founded Melvin Capital Management, a New York-based hedge fund which he named after his grandfather. It had $3.5 billion under management by 2017. Despite receiving $2 billion from Kenneth C. Griffin and $750 million from Steve Cohen, on May 18, 2021, Bloomberg announced Gabe Plotkin would be shutting down his firm.

Tallwoods Capital LLC Plotkin founded Tallwoods Capital LLC, a family office focusing on long-term investments, in 2022 and is the firm's chief investment officer. Tallwoods Capital is headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida.

Charlotte Hornets Plotkin purchased a minority stake in the Charlotte Hornets in 2019, and subsequently served as an alternate governor on the NBA Board of Governors. In June 2023, Plotkin along with Rick Schnall purchased the Charlotte Hornets from majority owner Michael Jordan, who will continue to hold a minority interest. He is currently the team's co-chairman. He is of Jewish descent. He is on the board of advisors to Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation, an organization that provides scholarships and mentorship to individuals who lost a parent in the line of duty.