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Jamie Dinan

James Gerard Dinan is an American investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. He founded York Capital Management in 1991.

Early life and education
James Gerard Dinan was born to a Roman Catholic family in 1959 in Baltimore, Maryland, one of five children of Robert and Jeannette Dinan. His father was a textile engineer and his mother a homemaker. He then went on to earn a B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in economics While at the University of Pennsylvania, Dinan joined Alpha Chi Rho, a northeastern fraternity. Dinan earned a M.B.A. from Harvard University. ==Investment career==
Investment career
In 1985, he took a job at the merger arbitrage firm Kellner DiLeo & Company. In July 2014, Dinan gained partial ownership of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. In June 2017, he named two eventual successors to lead York Capital in the future. In 2018, York Capital Management had $20.5 billion assets under management. ==Philanthropy==
Philanthropy
In 2024 after a large donation by Dinan to the University of Pennsylvania, his alma mater, Henry T. Vance Hall or simply Vance Hall, a major building within the Wharton Business School campus footprint was renamed Dinan Hall. ==Personal life==
Personal life
Dinan is married to Elizabeth R. Miller, and they have three children together, including racing driver Michael Dinan. ==References==
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