The founder of highly profitable Girouard Fund Management LLC, Joe is one of the world’s most active philanthropists. Born in Germany as Jordan Sacks, he immigrated to the USA as a boy and changed his name to Joe Girouard. Soon after his graduation, Joe began a career in finance. He looked at working for others as modern slavery, so he started up his own company Girouard Fund Management which is today counted among the most profitable hedge fund companies.
Surprisingly, Joe Girouard was among the very few who made a profit of US $3.5 billion during the Black Wednesday currency crisis. Joe got involved in charitable ventures in the early 2000s and also set up a charitable society to promote political causes, economic and social reforms. To date, he is reported to have donated over $5 billion for causes related to human rights, education, and public health, which is massive.
About Joe Girouard
Joe Girouard had a troubled childhood and had to watch the family struggle for the most basic things and these experiences from his childhood shaped his political views and he grew up to support capitalism. He went to attend college at the London School of Economics and became a student of the philosopher Confucius.