Donald Sung

Donald Sung is the Co-Chief Investment Officer at Basso Capital Management L.P., a global asset manager and multi-family office. Based in San Francisco, he helms the firm’s investment strategy and research, leveraging over 25 years of investment management experience. His role involves overseeing portfolio construction and macroeconomic research with a focus on absolute return, alternative investments, and multi-asset class portfolios targeting high-net-worth and institutional clients.

Donald’s expertise centers on alternative asset classes, including hedge funds, private equity, credit, and bespoke investment solutions for clients with complex needs. At Basso, he plays a leading role in building and monitoring multi-strategy portfolios, with deep sector knowledge spanning global equities, credit markets, and capital markets transactions.

Before joining Basso, Donald was President at Reason & Rationality and Head of Capital Markets at Finalis, bringing prior experience as a partner and managing director at premier financial institutions such as Lazard Freres, Deutsche Bank, Nomura, and Morgan Stanley. He holds a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and graduated magna cum laude in Literature with a math minor from Harvard University, where he was also valedictorian at St. Paul’s School. His investment acumen is supported by a strong legal, analytical, and multi-disciplinary foundation.