Phil Austern is a US citizen residing in New York. He has over twenty years experience as a professional investor, including as a partner at Valinor Management, a global long-short equity hedge fund that closed in 2020. Previously, Austern worked at the technology focused investment firm Francisco Partners and before that at the private equity firm DLJ Merchant Banking. Austern completed his undergraduate degree at NYU’s Stern School of Business and his Masters at The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania.