Arthur Samberg, Founder of Hedge Fund Pequot, Dies at 79

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By Yueqi Yang and Daniel Taub

July 19, 2020 at 7:44 PM UTC

Updated on

July 19, 2020 at 9:33 PM UTC

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Arthur Samberg, the founder of Pequot Capital Management Inc., once the world’s largest hedge fund, has died. He was 79.

Samberg died on July 14, according to a notice published in the New York Times. He had leukemia, according to an obituary on the Beecher Flooks Funeral Home’s website.