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John Huh

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In the cutthroat world of multi-strategy hedge funds, where every portfolio manager is essentially competing against everyone else at all times, John Huh stands out — not just for his investment performance, but for something rarer: he actually helps other people get better. Huh, a portfolio manager at $14 billion Schonfeld Strategic Advisors, has been described by colleagues as a "go-to source" for younger stockpickers at the firm. In an industry where sharing wisdom means potentially losing your edge, his willingness to mentor is genuinely unusual and reflects a confidence in his own abilities that doesn't require hoarding information. After graduating from NYU Stern in 2012, Huh started at Wells Fargo in equity research before moving to the buy side in 2015. He joined Point72 in 2016 — during the period when Steve Cohen's firm was still trading its founder's capital and hadn't yet reopened to outside investors. Huh worked as an analyst covering technology, media, and telecom through the firm's 2018 relaunch, developing his craft under one of the most demanding environments in discretionary investing. He left for Schonfeld in 2019, working under Simon Silverston as an associate portfolio manager before being promoted to run his own team at the end of 2024. His TMT focus — technology, media, and telecommunications — puts him at the center of the sectors that have driven the majority of equity market returns in recent years. With approximately 1,584 LinkedIn followers and no other public presence, Huh is squarely in the "you've never heard of him" category. His career progression — Wells Fargo to Point72 to Schonfeld PM — follows the classic multi-strategy talent pipeline, but the mentorship dimension adds something that pure performance metrics don't capture: the multiplier effect of a strong investor who also makes the people around him better. In a world obsessed with individual alpha, Huh represents a different kind of edge — the ability to generate returns while simultaneously developing the next generation of investors. At 35, running his own book at a $14 billion firm, the numbers matter. But so does the culture he's building around them.

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