Bruce Kovner

Caxton Associates LP (Caxton) is an independent, SEC- registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded as the successor to Caxton Corp., which was founded in 1983 by Bruce Kovner. Caxton serves directly or indirectly as general partner, manager or advisor to several domestic and foreign private investment funds, and as a trading advisor to several foreign private investment funds.

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. discovers, develops and commercializes pharmaceutical products. It focuses on the research, development and commercialization of oncology medicines that provides treatment to cancer patients. The company is also developing a proprietary platform for delivery of anti-cancer drugs directly to tumor cells, known as Hsp90-inhibitor drug conjugates. Synta Pharmaceuticals was founded by Safi R. Bahcall and Lan-Bo Chen in March 2000 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Caxton Corp. is an independent investment advisory firm headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. It was founded by Bruce S. Kovner in 1983. The firm serves directly or indirectly as general partner, manager or advisor to several domestic and foreign private investment funds, and as a trading advisor to several foreign private investment funds.

Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. organizes and performs opera shows in its residence at the Lincoln Center of Performing Arts. The firm offers services in association with sponsors, such as Texaco. It produces radio, television and compact disk recordings of the performances and distributes them around the world. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Commodities Corp. Ltd. is a money manager that invests in commodities and futures. The company is based in NJ. Commodities Corp. was acquired by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from Stockton Holdings Ltd. on June 03, 1997 for $100 million.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. provides entertainment services. It offers dance, music, film, opera, theater, family, and festivals and programs. The company was founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower on May 14, 1959 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Thomas B. Fordham Institute engages in promotion of education. It offers assessments of student learning, and common-sense accountability for schools and children across the achievement spectrum; education options and school-performance information for every family; and A student-centered system that provides clear pathways to upward mobility, good citizenship, and successful participation in adult society. The company was founded by Thelma Fordham Pruett in 1959 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Institute for Advanced Study is a renowned center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry located in Princeton, NJ. The institute engages with the greater Princeton community through public lectures, concerts, and events, and extends its influence beyond academia through innovative programs designed to inspire and educate. The institute is dedicated to independent study across the sciences and humanities, with a community of scholars that includes over eight thousand members who have influenced entire fields of study. The school of natural sciences includes nine permanent faculty and approximately fifty postdoctoral researchers working on frontier topics in various fields. The school of social science takes a multidisciplinary and international perspective on social research. The school of historical studies supports all learning for which historical methods are appropriate.

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research provides industrial design services. AEI produces articles from economics, law, political science, defense and foreign policy studies, ethics, theology, health care, and other fields. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.