Point72 hires Schonfeld's top HR exec as hedge fund talent wars go beyond investors

Point72's billionaire founder, Steve Cohen, also owns the New York Mets.

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• Jennifer Cohen, Schonfeld's onetime top HR executive, is joining the $38 billion hedge fund Point72.
• Cohen is set to start in January as the 2,900-person firm's chief human resources officer.
• She previously worked for the private equity firm Global Atlantic and Goldman Sachs.

The talent war between the industry's biggest hedge funds is not just over investing professionals ...