Identity of Mysterious Hedgie Remains Unknown
Hard to believe, but we still haven't conclusively figured out the identity of the self-styled hedge funder in this photo. He ID'd himself as Prescott Hahn from his own Kensington Square Capital Management fund at the now-infamous Fashion Meets Finance dating event. Since a Prescott Hahn doesn't exist, it led us to believe he was a one Philip Hahn, of the same hedge. (When we contacted 27-year-old Philip, he said that while he did, "regrettably," run his own hedge fund, it couldn't have been him at the party because he was currently on his family's ranch in Kenya.) Then the same gentleman was ID's by several other people as a young man named Tom, a Columbia student and financial intern. It's a mystery!
- Philip says he has no idea who Prescott is—"no relation." Yet someone was registered at the Fashion Meets Finance event as Philip Hahn, with his work e-mail at Kensington Square listed as his contact information.
- This is Philip's old blog, which hasn't been updated in two years but mentions his fund as well as Kenya. Which makes the Kenya alibi plausible!
- Yet, several school chums/fellow interns, and a commenter on Dealbreaker identify him as Tom the Columbia student. Maybe Tom was impersonating Philip. Will we ever know for sure?
- WTF.