Rank #172
Arthur Dantchik
Net worth $16.9B
Trading, investments · United States
- Born
- Nov 25, 1957
- Age
- 68
- Source
- Trading, investments
- Residence
- Gladwyne, Pennsylvania
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Single
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Bachelor of Science, SUNY Binghamton
Net worth over time
Biography
- Arthur Dantchik is a cofounder of Susquehanna International Group, one of Wall Street's largest and most successful trading firms.
- Dantchik roomed with Jeff Yass, his billionaire cofounder and best friend from Queens' Bayside High School, at SUNY Binghamton in the late 1970s.
- Before cofounding Susquehanna in 1987, Dantchik moved with Yass to Las Vegas to become professional gamblers.
- A managing director, Dantchik helps recruit and train traders using poker tournaments; Susquehanna's traders have won 3 World Series of Poker bracelets.
- Susquehanna has invested in hundreds of private companies globally, including TikTok parent ByteDance, its most valuable holding based on Forbes reporting.
- Dantchik oversaw Susquehanna's venture investment team in China, when it became one of the first firms to back ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming in 2012.