Profile
Prior to founding Alan B.
Slifka and Company, the predecessor firm of Halcyon Management Company LLC in 1982, Mr. Slifka was a partner of L.F.
Rothschild & Co., Inc. Long active in business, civic, and philanthropic affairs, he has served on several corporate boards including The Pall Corporation.
He has served as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of GTS (Global TeleSystems Group, Inc.).
He is founding Chairman and member of the Board of Directors of the Big Apple Circus, a Director of the Abraham Joshua Heschel School, a member of the Executive Committee of the American Jewish Congress and a founding board member of The Coexistence Initiative and The Interfaith Center of New York.
Mr. Slifka is Chairman of The Abraham Fund, which he co-founded in 1989 as the first and only public not-for-profit organization whose sole purpose is to further coexistence between Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens through support of programs and projects in Israel.
It is his belief that legitimization and enhancement of coexistence and coexistence programs between majority and minority, whether ethnic, tribal or religious, is currently the most essential yet under-supported need in the world.
Mr. Slifka graduated from the Fieldston School, received his B.S.
at Yale University in 1951 and his M.B.A.
at Harvard in 1953, and in 2003 he received a Doctor of Human Letters, Honoris Causa at Brandeis University.
Mr. Slifka was born in New York City in 1929.
Former positions of Alan B. Slifka
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Halcyon Event-Driven Management LP
 Halcyon Event-Driven Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 1981, Halcyon Event-Driven Management LP (HEDM) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager located in New York City. Halcyon Capital Management LP is the sole limited partner of HEDM, and its general partner is Halcyon Event-Driven Management GP LLC. | Founder | 03/02/2011 |
Big Apple Circus
 Big Apple Circus Media ConglomeratesConsumer Services Big Apple Circus is a circus company founded in 1977 by Paul Binder and Michael Christensen. The non-profit company presents a new show each year under its big top in Damrosch Park, located in New York, NY. The company offers an alternative to the glitz and spectacle of the American three-ring circus, focusing on intimacy and artistry associated with the European one-ring circus. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Global Telesystems Group, Inc.
 Global Telesystems Group, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Global Telesystems Group Inc.'s principal activity is to provide data, Internet and borderless broadband services across Europe, serving businesses and carriers in European countries with a range of broadband, Internet/IP and voice services. It operates cross border fiber optic network and a Tier-1 IP backbone (Ebone). The company's majority owned subsidiary, Golden Telecom, Inc., offers a variety of fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services in Russia, Ukraine and other former Soviet nations. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
| PALL CORPORATION | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
L.F. Rothschild & Co., Inc.
 L.F. Rothschild & Co., Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Part of Rothschild & Co. The company is based in New York, NY. Continuation Holdings AG, L.F. Rothschild & Co., Inc. is a company that provides banking services. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of Alan B. Slifka
| Yale University | Undergraduate Degree |
| Harvard University | Masters Business Admin |
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| Private companies | 7 |
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Halcyon Event-Driven Management LP
Halcyon Event-Driven Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 1981, Halcyon Event-Driven Management LP (HEDM) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager located in New York City. Halcyon Capital Management LP is the sole limited partner of HEDM, and its general partner is Halcyon Event-Driven Management GP LLC. | Finance |
The Abraham Fund Initiatives
 The Abraham Fund Initiatives Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Abraham Fund Initiatives promotes coexistence and equality among Jews and Arabs in Israel. Its services include education for a shared society, employment and economic development, policing in a divided society, equal services and accessibility, advocacy and government relations and emerging leaders. The company was founded by Alan B. Slifka and Eugene Wiener in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, US. | Commercial Services |
American Friends of the Israel Museum
 American Friends of the Israel Museum Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services American Friends of The Israel Museum operates as a fundraising organization for the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
L.F. Rothschild & Co., Inc.
L.F. Rothschild & Co., Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Part of Rothschild & Co. The company is based in New York, NY. Continuation Holdings AG, L.F. Rothschild & Co., Inc. is a company that provides banking services. | Finance |
Pall Corp.
 Pall Corp. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Pall Corp. designs, manufactures, and markets filtration and separation equipment. Its products are used to remove solid, liquid, and gaseous contaminants from a variety of liquids and gases. The firm has Life Sciences and Industrial segments. The Life Sciences segment focuses on developing, manufacturing, and selling products to customers in the medical, biopharmaceuticals, and food and beverage markets. The Industrial segment focuses on developing, manufacturing and selling products to customers in the process technologies, aerospace, and microelectronics markets. The company was founded by David B. Pall on July 31, 1946 and is headquartered in Port Washington, NY. | Health Technology |
Global Telesystems Group, Inc.
Global Telesystems Group, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Global Telesystems Group Inc.'s principal activity is to provide data, Internet and borderless broadband services across Europe, serving businesses and carriers in European countries with a range of broadband, Internet/IP and voice services. It operates cross border fiber optic network and a Tier-1 IP backbone (Ebone). The company's majority owned subsidiary, Golden Telecom, Inc., offers a variety of fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services in Russia, Ukraine and other former Soviet nations. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA. | Communications |
Big Apple Circus
Big Apple Circus Media ConglomeratesConsumer Services Big Apple Circus is a circus company founded in 1977 by Paul Binder and Michael Christensen. The non-profit company presents a new show each year under its big top in Damrosch Park, located in New York, NY. The company offers an alternative to the glitz and spectacle of the American three-ring circus, focusing on intimacy and artistry associated with the European one-ring circus. | Consumer Services |
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