Noam Gottesman

Noam Gottesman (born May 1961) is a British-American billionaire investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist renowned for co-founding the hedge fund GLG Partners in 1995 and later establishing TOMS Capital LLC in 2012, while also serving as co-founder and co-chairman of Nomad Foods since 2014.

Gottesman, a 1986 graduate of Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts degree, began his career in finance at Goldman Sachs International, where he served as an executive director managing global equity portfolios. He later joined Lehman Brothers International (Europe) as a managing director, during which time he co-founded GLG Partners as a division of the firm focused on long/short equity strategies. Under his leadership as co-CEO from 2005 to 2012 and earlier as CEO from 2000 to 2005, GLG expanded rapidly, went public on the London Stock Exchange in 2007, and was acquired by Man Group plc in 2010 for approximately $1.6 billion.

Following the GLG sale, Gottesman founded TOMS Capital LLC, a New York-based investment firm where he serves as managing partner, and co-founded Nomad Foods, which has grown into Europe's largest frozen food company through acquisitions of brands like Birds Eye and Iglo. He has also invested in high-profile ventures, including partial ownership of the acclaimed New York restaurant Eleven Madison Park, which was named the world's best restaurant in 2017. As of November 2025, Gottesman's net worth is estimated at approximately $2.2 billion, derived primarily from his hedge fund successes and subsequent investments.

The son of Dov Gottesman, former president of the Israel Museum, Gottesman is an avid collector of postwar and contemporary art, with holdings including works by Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, and Lucian Freud; his collection is displayed in his New York residence, designed with features to accommodate large-scale pieces. He supports cultural institutions as a trustee of Columbia University, a board member of the Tate Gallery Foundation, and a council member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art. Gottesman resides in New York City, is married to Bianca Dueñas since 2015, and has four children from his marriages.