Porter Collins
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| Birth name | Atwood Peter Collins | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 27, 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Brown University | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Atwood Peter Collins, known as Porter Collins (born June 27, 1975), is an American rower and investor.[1] He finished 5th in the men's eight at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is also a three time world Champion in 1995, 1998 and 1999.
Collins worked as an analyst for the Morgan Stanley-owned hedge fund FrontPoint Partners during the United States housing bubble in the 2000s. FrontPoint, along with Collins and his colleagues including Steve Eisman, were the subject of Michael Lewis's book The Big Short due to the fund having correctly predicted the market crash in 2008.[2][3] He was portrayed by Hamish Linklater in the film The Big Short, which was based on Lewis's book.[4]
Biography
[edit]Atwood Peter Collins was born on June 27, 1975.[citation needed] His His mother worked as an interior designer and his father was an executive vice president at M&T Bank.[5][6][7]
Collins attended the Salisbury School in Salisbury, Connecticut, graduating in 1993. He attended Brown University, where he rowed for the Brown Bears and studied history.[8] Collins took a year off from Brown to prepare for the 1996 Summer Olympics.[9] At the Olympics, he finished 5th in the men's eight. Collins graduated from Brown in 1998.[10]
Collins worked for FrontPoint Partners which was acquired by Morgan Stanley.[6]
After leaving FrontPoint, Collins co-founded Seawolf Capital, a hedge fund, with Vincent Daniel, his former FrontPoint colleague.[11] He also managed a portfolio for Citadel until 2019.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Porter Collins". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ Lewis, Michael (2010). The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. England: Penguin Books. ISBN 9781846142574.
- ^ Jessica Pressler (November 30, 2015). "The Ultimate Feel-Furious Movie About Wall Street". Vulture. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ "Hamish Linklater". IMDb.
- ^ Mook, Ben (November 17, 2011). "Collins has helped M&T to grow in Maryland and beyond". Maryland Daily Record. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
- ^ a b "Lauren Dunwoody and Porter Collins (Published 2007)". The New York Times. February 4, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
- ^ "Lieut. Atwood Collins 3d Weds Miss Cynthia Mallory Williams (Published 1971)". March 7, 1971. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
- ^ "Hedge Fund Rising Stars: Porter Collins | Institutional Investor". www.institutionalinvestor.com. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
- ^ "Crew, Unsung Elegance at the Olympics (Published 1996)". July 21, 1996. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
- ^ "Porter Collins - Hall of Fame". Brown University Athletics. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
- ^ Bradley Saacks (March 18, 2010). "2 portfolio managers featured in 'The Big Short' are set to join the new hedge fund being set up by Steve Cohen's former right-hand man". Business Insider. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ Bradley Saacks (March 11, 2019). "A bunch of hedge fund managers featured in 'The Big Short' are among the casualties of Citadel's most recent cuts". Business Insider. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
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