Dmitry Balyasny co-founded Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) in 2001. He is the firm’s managing partner and chief investment officer, leads BAM’s Equities Long/Short business globally, and is an active risk taker. Dmitry began his trading career with Schonfeld Securities in 1994. In 2021, he founded ATLAS Fellows, Inc., a nonprofit that provides talented, under-resourced young people with access to life changing careers in finance and investing. Dmitry also supports the Ayn Rand Institute and a number of other education-focused philanthropic initiatives. Dmitry is married and a proud parent of six children. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Loyola University Chicago.