(Bloomberg) — Billionaire Marcelo Claure is in advanced talks to hire Diego Dayenoff, a former senior managing director at hedge fund Key Square Group, to oversee investments at his almost $4 billion family office Claure Group, according to people familiar with the matter.
Dayenoff, who has a background in event-driven investing with a focus on emerging markets, joined Scott Bessent’s macro fund Key Square in 2017.
He most recently worked at Key Square spin-out Ghisallo Capital Management, an event-driven fund that shares offices and some resources with Bessent’s firm. He left in February. He was previously a managing director at hedge fund Fir Tree Capital Management.
Claure, 51, and Dayenoff declined to comment.
They are among backers of Latin American venture capital firm 17Sigma.
The former chief operating officer of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp., Claure is known for helping turn around the U.S.
wireless carrier Sprint Corp. and troubled co-working startup WeWork. The Bolivia-born executive left SoftBank earlier this year after clashing with founder Masayoshi Son over compensation.
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Claure invests through Claure Group as well as Claure Capital, an investment firm of which he is chairman and chief executive officer.
Educational-technology startup Aprende Institute, led by Claure’s younger brother Martin Claure, has said Claure Group is among its backers. The billionaire has backed companies including mortgage-servicing startup Valon and software maker ID.me, and counts soccer teams Club Bolivar and Girona FC among his other holdings.
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