Jesse Ho

Jesse Ho is a senior partner and Portfolio Manager at Carlson Capital, L.P., a multi-strategy hedge fund based in New York. He serves on the firm's Executive Committee and Investment/Risk Committee, contributing to overall strategy, portfolio allocation, and risk management decisions. In this capacity, Ho operates as co-CIO, playing a key leadership role in the investment team and steering the firm’s flagship funds through evolving market conditions.

Ho focuses on a range of asset classes and sectors, including merger arbitrage, event-driven situations, and credit, with significant exposure to securitized products such as collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and complex debt pools. Carlson Capital’s largest fund, the Black Diamond Arbitrage fund, invests primarily in merger opportunities, and the firm has recently expanded into specialized strategies like clean energy investing. Ho is instrumental in the firm's pursuit of true hedged strategies and unconventional investment approaches.

Jesse Ho holds an advanced degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management, underscoring his strong quantitative and financial expertise. With over two decades of tenure at Carlson Capital, he is recognized for his leadership during both expansion and challenging periods for the firm, and for his contributions to the development of next-generation investment professionals within the organization.