Anthony Scaramucci, Hedge Fund Showman, Finds Himself in Limbo -
By ALEXANDRA STEVENSONMAY 18, 2017
LAS VEGAS — Hedge fund managers know him as one of their own — the wealthy, backslapping
host of their industry’s splashiest conference each year in Las Vegas.
“He professionalized the industry, and SALT is the highlight of the industry.”
Mr. Cooperman, who has addressed SALT panels in previous years but was not at the conference this year, said Mr. Scaramucci “would have been a good addition to the administration” but added
that Mr. Trump “has already appointed many intelligent people.”
Mr. Scaramucci, 53, did not reply to requests for comment.
Along the way, he accused Mr. Trump of being a “hack politician” who had a “big mouth.”
Mr. Trump had equally tart words for hedge fund managers, who he said were “paper pushers” who were “getting away with murder.”
But as Mr. Trump’s unlikely candidacy gained steam, Mr. Scaramucci began to defend him.
Instead, Mr. Scaramucci was back in Las Vegas for his ninth SALT event, a conference he started as a way to market his hedge fund firm.
Mr. Scaramucci sold his stake in SkyBridge Capital, his hedge fund of funds business,
early this year, leaving him without a financial institution to his name.