Robinhood Foundation's Role in Job Creation and Education Solutions for New York

Since 1988, Robin Hood has invested $3 billion in funds - including $130 million in 2024 - for solutions that create permanent pathways out of poverty for New Yorkers. Using research and data, Robinhood has funded more than 385 groups in the city tackling problems in childcare, education, health, housing, hunger, and jobs. 

Peter Borish co-founded Tudor Fund, a global macro fund, with Paul Tudor Jones. It is one of the most successful hedge funds  Peter served as director of research at Tudor for 10 years, 1985-1995. He then founded Computer Trading Corp. 

Peter is on the board of CIBC Bank USA and was an angel investor including in Majestic Research, Skillr.com, OneChicago and Charitybuzz.

In 1988, Peter co-founded the Robin Hood Foundation. Since then the foundation has invested $3 billion to fight poverty in New York City, mainly through educational projects for disadvantaged children. Peter is also a founding board member of Math for America, whose mission is to keep committed teachers teaching in the classroom to make a lasting impact on students,schools and communities.   

Peter was a staff member of the Presidential Task Force on Market Mechanisms (Brady Commission) to study the stock market decline of October 1987. He earned his BA in Economics, 1981, and Masters of Public Policy, 1983, from the University of Michigan.