Henry Alexander Swieca is an American businessman, the self-made billionaire co-founder of Highbridge Capital Management and founder of Talpion Fund Management (his family office). Born in Manhattan, New York, in 1957, his parents were Holocaust survivors from Poland who emigrated from France in 1955.

His childhood was marked by tragedy: both his parents died when he was nineteen (his mother from Lou Gehrig's disease, his father from a heart attack). Orphaned, Swieca used a $50,000 inheritance to buy Warner Communications shares, using them as collateral for option-based trading strategies to generate income to pay for his education and his brother's medical school tuition. He earned an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Henry Swieca's strategic genius was his early mastery of risk management through derivative investment strategies. He worked at Merrill Lynch, becoming a founding trader on the New York Futures Exchange. In 1992, he co-founded Highbridge Capital Management with his childhood friend, Glenn Dubin.

Swieca served as Chief Investment Officer (CIO), guiding the firm through multiple market cycles and achieving one of the best risk-adjusted returns in the hedge fund industry. He sold his stake in Highbridge to J.P. Morgan Chase (a majority stake in 2004, the remainder in 2009), securing his multi-billion dollar fortune. He now runs his family office, Talpion Fund Management, investing proprietary money in a hedge fund-like structure and diversifying into direct real estate and venture capital (QB1 Ventures).

Henry Swieca's social impact is structural, stemming from his role in pioneering the multi-strategy hedge fund model and providing stability to institutional clients. His personal philanthropy focuses on Jewish education, community welfare, and honoring the memory of the Holocaust (serving on the board of The National World War II Museum).

His career is a powerful narrative of resilience: an orphaned son of Holocaust survivors who leveraged a small inheritance and financial acumen to become a titan of the high-stakes hedge fund industry.

Henry Swieca maintains the highly professional, composed style of a hedge fund executive. His attire is consistently bespoke, favoring tailored suits. His aesthetic reflects his stability and vast financial power, often associated with his commitment to Orthodox Judaism and his Manhattan/Long Island residences.

His luxury is the immense security and financial reward derived from his multi-billion dollar fortune. His life is dedicated to strategic quantitative investing, real estate, and venture capital, driven by a deep sense of family duty and remembrance.