Chiron Investments, a Los Angeles-based family office, has appointed John Low, formerly of Hitchwood Capital, Karsch Capital and Goldman Sachs, as COO.
Low became a principal at Chiron during the first quarter 2017. He brings more than 20 years of investment and operational experience in the financial services industry.
As COO, Low will be responsible for further institutionalizing Chiron’s investment infrastructure and for streamlining its procedures which span numerous real estate holdings, as well as professional and e-sports, non-traditional financing, restaurants, and select private equity and venture capital interests.
Prior to joining Chiron, Low was head trader and a member of Hitchwood Capital, a global multibillion-dollar long/short equity hedge fund headquartered in New York, where he played an instrumental role in the firm’s launch. He helped build out a fully functional and compliant trading desk and was also highly engaged in the firm’s investment process, compliance, risk management, operations, as well as its capital markets initiative.
Prior to Hitchwood, Low worked for 12 years at Karsch Capital Management, a global multibillion-dollar long/short equity hedge fund in New York, where he served as managing director and co-head of trading. As a key member of the firm his responsibilities included implementation of procedures designed to help the firm grow, as well as monitoring the daily integration of research, trading and risk management.
Low also worked at Goldman Sachs where he was a vice president. At Goldman, Low completed the financial analyst and associate training programs, was a market maker on the Nasdaq trading desk, and successfully built a network of institutional clients.
