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Brody

Kenneth Brody

 
   

Kenneth D. Brody is a co-founder of Taconic Capital Advisors LLC, an investment firm focused on event investing.

Mr. Brody served as president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States from 1993 to early 1996. Prior to his government service, Mr. Brody spent twenty years at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he was founder and head of high technology investment banking, head of real estate investment banking, and co-head of principal investing. He was a general partner and a member of the firm's management committee.

Mr. Brody has served on the boards of directors of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, Alex Brown Incorporated, Federal Realty Investment Trust, and Telerate Incorporated. He serves as the chair of the investment committee of the University of Maryland. Mr. Brody is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Brody received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree with high honors from the University of Maryland and a Master of Business Administration degree with high distinction from the Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar. Mr. Brody was in the United States Army from 1966-69, attaining the rank of Captain.


"Good judgment regarding human behavior is more important than intelligence in achieving business success."

Kenneth Brody, March 3, 2005

   
 

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