Steve Kuhn

Co-Founder/President of ASK Charitable Foundation

In 2015, Steve co-founded the ASK Charitable Foundation in his current hometown of Austin, Texas. Since that time, he has been actively involved with the local organizations such as Nobelity, RBI Austin, JFON and with the Parker Lane United Methodist Church.  Prior to devoting his time to the Foundation and its local partnerships, Steve was a Partner and Portfolio Manager at hedge fund Pine River Capital, where he focused on seeking new opportunities for the firm. Steve served on both the Executive Committee and on the Charitable Initiatives Committee. Prior to joining Pine River in 2008, Steve was a Portfolio Manager at Goldman Sachs. Based in New York and Beijing from 2002 to 2007, he was part of the mortgage portfolio management team. From 1999 to 2002, Steve was a Japanese convertible bond trader at Citadel Investment Group in Chicago. Prior to that, he was head of mortgage-backed securities trading at Cargill.