Phillip Goldstein

Phillip "Phil" Goldstein is an American investor, former civil engineer, and manager of the hedge fund Bulldog Investors, known for its value-driven investment strategy, its activist investment campaigns and its focus on closed-end mutual funds.

Early life and education

Goldstein was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1945. He then returned to the East Coast to pursue a master's degree in engineering from the City College of New York, which he completed in 1968. Andrew Dakos and Rajeev Das later joined as partners. with a particular emphasis on liquidity events such as asset sales. and later renamed it Special Opportunities Fund (NYSE: SPE). Special Opportunities Fund is now managed by Bulldog Investors, along with a group of private funds.

Goldstein and Bulldog Investors remain value-centric, employing a variety of value-oriented investing strategies, and regularly investing in closed-end mutual funds when there is a significant gap between the fund's market value and its net asset value (NAV), or liquidation value.

Board seats

Goldstein is a member of the board of directors of Imperial Holdings , the Mexico Equity and Income Fund , ASA Ltd. , the Special Opportunities Fund and MVC Capital .