Timothy R. Barakett is the Chairman and CEO of TRB Advisors LP, a private investment firm and family office. TRB invests directly in public and private markets and provides capital and strategic support to a number of asset managers and specialty finance firms.
Prior to founding TRB in 2010, Mr. Barakett was the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Atticus Capital LP, a global investment management firm. Before founding Atticus in 1995, Mr. Barakett was a Managing Director at Junction Advisors, an investment management company specializing in risk arbitrage, and earlier in his career, he was a Senior Associate at Battery Ventures, a venture capital firm.
Mr. Barakett is Treasurer of Harvard University, a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation, and Chairman of the Board of the Harvard Management Company. Mr. Barakett also serves on the boards of Athletic Brewing Company, Commodore Capital, and Rethink Food NYC.
Mr. Barakett is an honorary trustee of the New York Public Library, where he previously served as a trustee. Mr. Barakett also previously served on the boards of The Dalton School, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Continuum Health Partners.
Mr. Barakett received a B.A. degree in economics from Harvard in 1987 and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School in 1993.
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