Point72: company research

Industry

Hedge fund

Headquarters

Stamford, CT

Founded

2014

Size

2,800+ employees

Website

point72.com

(from our editorial profile)

Point72's systematic business, Cubist Systematic Strategies, is comprised of dozens of discrete investing teams plus a complementary centralized team that design and implement systematic, computer-driven trading strategies applied across multiple liquid asset classes. The firm states it began applying quantitative strategies to investing in 1994 with the hiring of its first quantitative PM, and that in 2003 the systematic business expanded into what is now Cubist Systematic Strategies.

Point72 states it surpassed $50 billion in AUM in April 2026 and established an Executive Committee, led by Steve Cohen, bringing together long-tenured leaders to guide the firm's investment, operating, and growth priorities. The firm also states it established a private credit strategy and opened a Bengaluru office in 2025.

Point72 describes itself as a leading global alternative investment firm that seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through discretionary and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. It positions its fundamental equities business as a sector-aligned, multi-manager operation where teams have autonomy to pursue their individual investing styles, and its global macro teams as seeking uncorrelated returns through discretionary investments in developed and emerging markets.

• Steven A. CohenChairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Chief Investment Officer

Source: point72.com