Daniel S. Loeb is a hedge fund manager who founded Third Point LLC, one of the prominent activist investment firms in public and private equity and credit securities. Daniel S. Loeb's Twitter Score is 260 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #1,424 (top 0.5%) among 498,181 tracked accounts.
Daniel S. Loeb founded Third Point in 1995, and the firm has grown to manage roughly $24 billion in assets. He is also affiliated with Third Point Ventures, the firm's venture-focused arm. Third Point's investment activity has extended into crypto markets, including participation in FTX's July 2021 Series B financing round, which raised $900 million at an $18 billion valuation, per reporting at the time. When FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on November 11, 2022, and Sam Bankman-Fried resigned as CEO, Loeb described the FTX investment as Third Point's hardest investment lesson, noting that the firm's due-diligence process now includes verifying bank balances.
Daniel S. Loeb has also positioned Third Point in the debt of Elon Musk's Twitter and xAI ventures, with Loeb describing the Twitter debt as becoming Third Point's largest credit position. Daniel S. Loeb's account has 184,182 followers as of October 2026 and 4,445 posts. Daniel S. Loeb has been mentioned by 114 accounts a total of 168 times.
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