Steve Kurz has already dabbled in trading, entrepreneurship, and asset management — and he’s not done yet.
At Cornell, Kurz interned with Lehman Brothers and started there on the rates desk after graduation. A few days before the investment bank declared bankruptcy, Kurz interviewed at investment firm Fortress Investment Group. He joined later in 2008. Kurz spent five years at Fortress in between New York and Singapore focused on strategy and special projects, working closely with Fortress president Mike Novogratz.
Kurz then left Fortress to run business development and investor relations at a credit fund called River Birch Capital, where he helped raise more than $1 billion in capital and gained experience talking to different types of investors. Along the way, Kurz started making angel investments in startups like transportation company Boom Technology and flower-delivery company Urban Stems, which renewed his passion for entrepreneurship.
He quit River Burch to travel and move to the West Coast and started a virtual-reality company called Outer Realm.
Kurz joined Galaxy Digital Capital Management, an asset-management firm focused on the digital currency and blockchain sectors founded by his former Fortress boss, Novogratz, in December, when the firm was just launching. As head of asset management, he oversees a team of nine people and assets of $450 million.
Kurz is a mandolin player and sits on the board of Little Kids Rock, an organization that gives instruments and training to children around the US.
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