Balyasny Asset Management (BAM)

The flagship fund is called Atlas Enhanced, a nod to Ayn Rand that tells you something about how the place sees itself. Balyasny Asset Management is a multistrategy platform built the pod way: independent portfolio teams running equities long/short, macro, commodities, arbitrage and systematic books over shared risk and infrastructure. Dmitry Balyasny, Scott Schroeder and Taylor O'Malley founded it in Chicago in 2001.

What sets BAM apart lately is how far it has pushed into machine learning and data science. A dedicated Applied AI team benchmarks frontier models, and analysts are trained to use them. Since 2022 the firm has reached past hedge funds into growth and venture investing through BAM Elevate and, in 2025, BAM Corner Point. It trades globally from offices across the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.