People: Cowen Group Inc (COWN.OQ)
COWN.OQ on NASDAQ Stock Exchange Global Select Market
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1 Aug 2013
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1 Aug 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Peter Cohen |
65 | 2009 | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer |
Thomas Strauss |
69 | 2012 | Vice Chairman of the Board; Chairman of Ramius LLC, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ramius Alternative Investments |
Stephen Lasota |
2009 | Chief Financial Officer | |
Jeffrey Solomon |
2011 | Chief Executive Officer of Cowen and Company, Director | |
Owen Littman |
39 | 2010 | General Counsel, Secretary |
Jerome Markowitz |
2009 | Lead Independent Director | |
Katherine Dietze |
44 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Steven Kotler |
2006 | Independent Director | |
Jack Nusbaum |
2009 | Independent Director | |
John Toffolon |
2009 | Independent Director | |
Joseph Wright |
2009 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Peter Cohen |
Mr. Peter A. Cohen is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Cowen Group Inc. Mr. Cohen serves as a member of the Executive and Operating Committees of Cowen Group since November 2009. Mr. Cohen is a founding principal of RCG Holdings LLC, or RCG, which was the entity that owned the Ramius business prior to the combination of Ramius and Cowen Holdings, Inc., or Cowen Holdings, in November 2009. From November 1992 to May 1994, Mr. Cohen was Vice Chairman and a director of Republic New York Corporation, as well as a member of its executive management committee. Mr. Cohen was also Chairman of Republic's subsidiary, Republic New York Securities Corporation. Mr. Cohen was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Shearson Lehman Brothers from 1983 to 1990. Over his career, Mr. Cohen has served on a number of corporate, industry and philanthropic boards, including the New York Stock Exchange, The Federal Reserve International Capital Markets Advisory Committee, The Depository Trust Company, The American Express Company, Olivetti SpA, Telecom Italia SpA, Kroll, Inc. and L-3 Communications. He is presently a Trustee of Mount Sinai Medical Center, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Scientific Games Corporation and a Director of Safe Auto Insurance. |
Thomas Strauss |
Mr. Thomas W. Strauss is Vice Chairman of the Board of Cowen Group, Inc., and Chairman of Ramius LLC, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ramius Alternative Investments, subsidiary of the company. Mr. Strauss has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Ramius Alternative Investments since February 8, 2010 and serves as a member of the Executive and Operating Committees of Cowen Group. Mr. Strauss previously served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Ramius Alternative Solutions. Mr. Strauss is a founding principal of RCG. From 1963 to 1991, Mr. Strauss was with Salomon Brothers Inc. where he was admitted as a General Partner in 1972 and was appointed to the Executive Committee in 1981. In 1986, he became President of Salomon Brothers and a Vice Chairman and member of the Board of Directors of Salomon Inc., the holding company of Salomon Brothers and Phibro Energy, Inc. In 1993, Mr. Strauss became Co-Chairman of Granite Capital International Group. Mr. Strauss is a former member of the Board of Governors of the American Stock Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Public Securities Association, the Securities Industry Association, the Federal Reserve International Capital Markets Advisory Committee and the U.S. Japan Business-Council. He is a past President of the Association of Primary Dealers in U.S. Government Securities. Mr. Strauss currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the U.S.-Japan Foundation and is a member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of Mount Sinai Medical Center and Mount Sinai-NYU Health System. |
Stephen Lasota |
Mr. Stephen A. Lasota serves as Chief Financial Officer of Cowen Group Inc., since November 2009. He serves as a member of the Operating Committee of Cowen Group. Mr. Lasota was appointed Chief Financial Officer in November 2009. Prior to the consummation of the business combination of Cowen Holdings and Ramius in November 2009, Mr. Lasota was the Chief Financial Officer of Ramius LLC and a Managing Director of the Company. Mr. Lasota began working at RCG in November 2004 as the Director of Tax and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in May 2007. Prior to joining RCG, Mr. Lasota was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Lasota has been working in the accounting industry for over twenty years and is a Certified Public Accountant. |
Jeffrey Solomon |
Mr. Jeffrey M. Solomon serves as Director of Cowen Group Inc., and Chief Executive Officer of Cowen and Company subsidiary of the company. He is Chief Executive Officer of Cowen and Company, a Cowen Group company, and a Director of Cowen Group. Mr. Solomon is responsible for overseeing all of Cowen and Company's businesses, including Investment Banking, Capital Markets, Sales & Trading and Research. Previously, Mr. Solomon served as Cowen Group's Chief Operating Officer and Head of Investment Banking at Cowen and Company. Mr. Solomon joined Ramius, Cowen Group's investment management division, when it was founded in 1994 and was responsible for the development, management and oversight of a number of the investment strategies employed by Ramius. From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Solomon was at Republic New York Securities Corporation, the brokerage affiliate of Republic National Bank, now part of the HSBC Group, where he was the firm's Chief Administrative Officer. Prior to Republic, Mr. Solomon was in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Shearson Lehman Brothers. Currently, Mr. Solomon is a member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation. He is also on the Board of Directors of NuGo Nutrition, the manufacturer of NuGo Nutrition Bars. Mr. Solomon graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988 with a B.A. in Economics. |
Owen Littman |
Mr. Owen S. Littman is General Counsel, Secretary of Cowen Group Inc. He serves as a member of the Operating Committee of Cowen Group. Mr. Littman was appointed General Counsel and Secretary in July 2010. Following the consummation of the business combination of Cowen Holdings and Ramius in November 2009, Mr. Littman was appointed Deputy General Counsel, Assistant Secretary and Managing Director of Cowen Group and General Counsel and Secretary of Ramius LLC. Mr. Littman began working at RCG in October 2005 as its senior transactional attorney and was appointed General Counsel in February 2009. Prior to joining RCG, Mr. Littman was an associate in the Business and Finance Department of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. |
Jerome Markowitz |
Mr. Jerome S. Markowitz is Lead Independent Director of Cowen Group Inc. Mr. Markowitz has been a Senior Partner at Conifer Securities LLC, a boutique servicing the operational needs of investment managers, since 2006. From 1998 to 2006, Mr. Markowitz was actively involved in managing a private investment portfolio. Prior to 1998, Mr. Markowitz was Managing Director and a member of the executive committee at Montgomery Securities and was responsible for starting their private client, high yield, equity derivatives and prime brokerage divisions. Prior to joining Montgomery, Mr. Markowitz was a Managing Director of L.F. Rothschild’s Institutional Equity Department. Mr. Markowitz is a director and serves on the investment committee of Market Axess Inc., and also formerly served on the advisory board of Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. |
Katherine Dietze |
Ms. Katherine Elizabeth Dietze serves as Independent Director of Cowen Group Inc., since June 28,2011. Ms. Dietze was a member of LaBranche's board of directors since January 2007. Ms. Dietze spent over 20 years in the financial services industry prior to her retirement in 2005. From 2003 to 2005, Ms. Dietze was Global Chief Operating Officer for the Investment Banking Division of Credit Suisse First Boston. From 1996 to 2003, she was a Managing Director in Credit Suisse First Boston's Telecommunications Group. Prior to that, Ms. Dietze was a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Telecommunications Group in Salomon Brothers Inc's Investment Banking Division. Ms. Dietze began her career at Merrill Lynch Money Markets after which she moved to Salomon Brothers Inc to work on money market products and later became a member of the Investment Banking Division. Ms. Dietze is a member of the board of directors, a member of the Audit Committee and Chair of the Finance Committee of Matthews International Corporation (MATW), a designer, manufacturer and marketer of memorialization products and brand solutions. Ms. Dietze is also a member of the board of trustees of Liberty Property Trust (LRY), a self-administered and self-managed Maryland real estate investment trust, which provides leasing, property management, development, acquisition, and other tenant-related services for a portfolio of industrial & office properties. Ms. Dietze holds a B.A. from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Columbia Graduate School of Business. |
Steven Kotler |
Mr. Steven Kotler is Independent Director of Cowen Group Inc. Mr. Kotler currently serves as Vice Chairman of the private equity firm Gilbert Global Equity Partners, which he joined in 2000. Prior to joining Gilbert Global, Mr. Kotler, for 25 years, was with the investment banking firm of Schroder & Co. and its predecessor firm, Wertheim & Co., where he served in various executive capacities including President & Chief Executive Officer, and Group Managing Director and Global Head of Investment and Merchant Banking. Mr. Kotler is a Director of CPM Holdings, an international agricultural process equipment company; and a Capital Partner of The Archstone Partnerships. Mr. Kotler is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations; and, from 1999-2002, was Council President of The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Mr. Kotler has previously served as a Governor of the American Stock Exchange, The New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce's Infrastructure and Housing Task Force, The Board of Trustees of Columbia Preparatory School; and, the Board of Overseers of the California Institute of the Arts. Mr. Kotler also previously served as a Director of Cowen Holdings from September 2006 until June 2007. |
Jack Nusbaum |
Mr. Jack H. Nusbaum is Independent Director of Cowen Group Inc., since November 2009. Mr. Nusbaum is a Senior Partner of the New York law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. Mr. Nusbaum served as the firm's Chairman from 1987 through 2009 and has been a partner in that firm for more than thirty years. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is outside counsel to Cowen Group. Mr. Nusbaum is also a director of W. R. Berkley Corporation. |
John Toffolon |
Mr. John E. Toffolon, Jr., is Independent Director of Cowen Group, Inc. Mr. Toffolon served as non-Executive Chairman of Cowen Holdings, from July 2008 through the closing of the business combination of Cowen Holdings and Ramius in November 2009. Mr. Toffolon previously served as Cowen Holding's Lead Independent Director from June 2007 until his appointment as Chairman, and has been a member of Cowen Holding's Board of Directors and has served as the Chairman of Cowen Holding's Audit Committee since September 2006. Since May 2009, Mr. Toffolon has served as a member of the Board of Directors and as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee, as well as Nominating Committee of Westway Group, Inc., a global provider of bulk liquid storage services. Previously, Mr. Toffolon, in his capacity as a partner of The Shermen Group, served as the Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Shermen WSC Acquisition Corp. since August 2006 until the business combination with Westway in May 2009. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Toffolon served as an advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Royster-Clark, Inc., a privately-held chemicals distribution company. From 1992 to 2000, Mr. Toffolon served in various capacities, including Executive Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer for Nomura Holding America, Inc. and Nomura Securities International, Inc. Mr. Toffolon also served as a member of the Boards of Directors of both Nomura companies. From 1979 to 1990, Mr. Toffolon worked at The First Boston Corporation as a Managing Director in various capacities, including Chief Financial Officer and served on the Management and Capital Commitment Committees. |
Joseph Wright |
Mr. Joseph R. Wright, Jr., is Independent Director of Cowen Group Inc. Mr. Wright serves as a senior advisor to Providence Equity, LLC, The Chart Group L.P and The ComVest Group. From January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009 Mr. Wright served as Chief Executive Officer of Scientific Games Corporation, a supplier of technology- based products, systems and services to gaming markets worldwide. From July 2006 through April 2008, he served as Chairman of Intelsat, Ltd., the world's provider of satellite services, and as Chief Executive Officer of PanAmSat Corporation from August 2001 until it was combined with Intelsat in July 2006. Mr. Wright was Chairman of GRC International, Inc. from 1996 to March 2000 and was Executive Vice President and Vice Chairman of W.R. Grace & Co. from 1989 to 1994. Mr. Wright was a member of President Reagan's Cabinet, was Director and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget from 1982 to 1989 and was Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce from 1981 to 1982. He received the Distinguished Citizens Award from President Reagan in 1988. Mr. Wright currently is chairman of Seamobile/MTN and a director of Education Management Corporation. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Peter Cohen |
1,982,150 |
Thomas Strauss |
1,098,360 |
Stephen Lasota |
1,167,550 |
Jeffrey Solomon |
1,284,780 |
Owen Littman |
1,166,480 |
Jerome Markowitz |
-- |
Katherine Dietze |
-- |
Steven Kotler |
-- |
Jack Nusbaum |
-- |
John Toffolon |
-- |
Joseph Wright |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2011
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Peter Cohen |
0 | 0 |
Thomas Strauss |
0 | 0 |
Stephen Lasota |
0 | 0 |
Jeffrey Solomon |
0 | 0 |
Owen Littman |
0 | 0 |
Jerome Markowitz |
0 | 0 |
Katherine Dietze |
0 | 0 |
Steven Kotler |
0 | 0 |
Jack Nusbaum |
0 | 0 |
John Toffolon |
0 | 0 |
Joseph Wright |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
HOLMES JOHN J |
13,403 | $3.09 |
LASOTA STEPHEN A |
14,533 | $3.09 |
LITTMAN OWEN S |
14,533 | $3.09 |
SOLOMON JEFFREY M |
250,000 | $0.00 |
HOLMES JOHN J |
6,317 | $2.81 |
LITTMAN OWEN S |
7,186 | $2.81 |
LASOTA STEPHEN A |
7,372 | $2.81 |
KOTLER STEVEN |
29,078 | $0.00 |
MARKOWITZ JEROME S |
58,155 | $0.00 |
TOFFOLON JOHN E JR |
30,016 | $0.00 |
DIETZE-COURAGE KATHERINE ELIZABETH |
28,140 | $0.00 |
NUSBAUM JACK H |
56,279 | $0.00 |
WRIGHT JOSEPH R JR |
56,279 | $0.00 |
STRAUSS THOMAS W |
75,000 | $0.00 |
COHEN PETER ANTHONY |
383,142 | $0.00 |
MARKOWITZ JEROME S |
100,000 | $2.70 |
MARKOWITZ JEROME S |
19,047 | $2.64 |
MARKOWITZ JEROME S |
50,000 | $2.58 |
STRAUSS THOMAS W |
19,158 | $0.00 |
SOLOMON JEFFREY M |
415,061 | $0.00 |
LITTMAN OWEN S |
95,786 | $0.00 |
LASOTA STEPHEN A |
95,786 | $0.00 |
MARKOWITZ JEROME S |
322,000 | $2.30 |
LITTMAN OWEN S |
8,299 | $2.47 |
LASOTA STEPHEN A |
6,225 | $2.47 |

