Horizon Kinetics Names Steven Butler Head of Institutional Sales

Financial Services Veteran to Oversee Institutional Sales and Business Development

NEW YORK--()--Horizon Kinetics LLC, a private, value-oriented global investment firm with approximately $9.5 billion under management, announced that Steve Butler, former Director of Consultant Relations at Corbin Capital Partners will join the firm as Head of Institutional Sales, effective immediately. In this role, Mr. Butler will be responsible for marketing Horizon Kinetics’s long only and alternative investments to the institutional investment community.

Doug Kramer, Chief Executive Officer of Horizon Kinetics, said, “We are pleased to welcome a seasoned professional of Steve’s caliber to our firm and look forward to leveraging his knowledge and relationships to expand our presence among institutional investors, including plan sponsors, endowments, foundations and their advisors and consultants. Steve’s addition to the team is a continuation of recent significant investments in the firm’s organizational structure, people, processes and technology.”

Steve Butler, Head of Institutional Sales, said, “I am excited to join a long-standing, investment-centric firm with exceptional research, portfolio management stability, superior long-term performance and a consistent investment philosophy for over 15 years. Institutions are looking for quality active managers with capacity and a record of delivering alpha for their clients, and I welcome the opportunity to join a preeminent financial organization that is only beginning to seek significant institutional capital.”

Mr. Butler has more than 19 years of experience as a sales and client service professional in the financial services industry. At Corbin, a New York-based hedge fund of funds firm with nearly $2.7 billion in assets under management, Mr. Butler was responsible for Corbin's consultant relations effort. Prior to joining Corbin, he held senior sales, consultant relations and client service roles at Evercore Asset Management and AllianceBernstein. Mr. Butler received a B.S. in Marketing from Santa Clara University.

About Horizon Asset Management:

Horizon Kinetics LLC, formed in May 2011, is the consolidated parent company of Horizon Asset Management LLC (founded in 1994) and Kinetics Asset Management LLC (founded in 1996) and various affiliates. Horizon Kinetics is an independently owned and operated investment boutique that adheres to a long-term, contrarian, fundamental value investment philosophy that the founders established 26 years ago at Bankers Trust Company. Horizon Kinetics has over 70 employees and has primary offices in New York City and Elmsford, New York.

Contacts

Sard Verbinnen & Co
Jonathan Gasthalter, 212-687-8080

Contacts

Sard Verbinnen & Co
Jonathan Gasthalter, 212-687-8080