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Tom Sherwood

Investor

Co-Chief Operating Officer & Head of Business Development at Magnetar AI Ventures

Greater Chicago Area

About

Tom Sherwood is Co-Chief Operating Officer and Head of Business Development at Magnetar, where he leads business development, capital formation, and new strategy execution, and oversees Risk Management, Market Executions, and Liquid Strategies Operations. He joined the firm in 2013 from Barclays Capital, where he was a Managing Director in Fixed Income Sales, having previously worked at Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch in fixed income sales and trading roles. He holds a BA in Political Economy from Princeton University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

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Experience

  1. MagnetarCo-Chief Operating Officer & Head of Business Development, Partnercurrent2025 — present
  2. MagnetarHead of Business Development2013 — 2025
  3. Barclays Investment BankManaging Director / Director2008 — 2013Boston, MA
  4. Lehman BrothersSenior Vice President2004 — 2008Boston, MA
  5. Merrill LynchDirector / Vice President1999 — 2004Boston, MA
  6. Goldman SachsSummer Associate1998New York, NY
  7. Merrill LynchVice President / Associate / Analyst1993 — 1997New York, NY

Education

  1. Princeton UniversityA.B., Cum Laude1989 — 1993
  2. The Tuck School of Business at DartmouthM.B.A., Business/Finance1997 — 1999

Skills & more

Bloomberg1Financial Markets15Institutional Clients2Credit Derivatives19Derivatives18Credit1Fixed Income8Hedge Funds11Capital Markets6Structured Products1Investment Banking2Equities4
+11 moreAlternative InvestmentsHedgingEmerging MarketsTradingEquity DerivativesBondsStructured FinancePrivate EquityAsset ManagementFinancial StructuringPortfolio Management

From Tom's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Princeton University474

Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDavid CoatsManaging Director & Co-Founder at Correlation VenturesDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalGeoff YangCo-Founder at Redpoint Ventures

+ 468 more

Also attended The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth157

John McCulloughInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersCarley PhillipsPrincipal at GreycroftM.G. ThibautFormer Chief Financial Officer at DroneDeploy at Scale Venture PartnersLiam DonohueInvestor at .406 VenturesGraham BrooksPartner at .406 VenturesJoanna Skoler GilmanChief Marketing and Communications Officer at .406 Ventures

+ 151 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Magnetar23

David SnydermanManaging Partner and Global Head of Alternative Credit and Fixed Income at Magnetar AI VenturesJim PruskoSenior Portfolio Manager, Partner at Magnetar AI VenturesMichael HenriquesSenior Portfolio Manager, Partner at Magnetar AI VenturesAlan ShaffranSenior Portfolio Manager, Partner at Magnetar AI VenturesErik FalkHead of Strategy, Partner at Magnetar AI VenturesLavonne HarrisCo-Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer, Funds, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures

+ 17 more

Also worked at Barclays Investment Bank195

David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundThomas RubensInvestor at DN CapitalKerry WongHead of Investor Relations at Pantera CapitalJohn McCulloughInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersVinnie McSweeneyInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersKeith RobinsonSenior Advisor at Oxx

+ 189 more

Also worked at Lehman Brothers210

Scott MaxwellInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersDana SettleCo-Founder & Managing Partner at GreycroftHemal PatelManaging Director at Marlin Equity PartnersYusuf ÖzdalgaPartner, Head of U.K. & Europe at QED InvestorsSaar GurGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Pam TholenHead of Investor Relations at Paradigm

+ 204 more

Also worked at Merrill Lynch405

Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalNoorPartner at Clear VenturesKesha CashFounder & General Partner at Impact America FundAftab MathurManaging Director at Temasek at Golden Gate VenturesAndrew WallaceVice President, Revolution Growth at Revolution

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Colleagues at Magnetar AI Ventures

Alan Shaffran
Senior Portfolio Manager, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures
Amira Amin
Chief Operating Officer, Liquid Strategies at Magnetar AI Ventures
Barbara Bernstein
Chief Human Resources Officer, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures
David Snyderman
Managing Partner and Global Head of Alternative Credit and Fixed Income at Magnetar AI Ventures
Devin Dallaire
Head of Products, Quantitative Investing, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures
Erik Falk
Head of Strategy, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures
Hayley Stein
Chief Compliance Officer at Magnetar AI Ventures
Jeff Harris
Chief Risk Officer at Magnetar AI Ventures