Moore Capital Management LLC, the $15 billion hedge fund run by Louis Moore Bacon, cut 10 to 15 investment jobs as it restructures one of its equity teams, according to three people with knowledge . They approved it by letter and after a while it sort of grandfathers itself in, he says. Mr. Bacon is also the Founder and Co-Chair of The Moore Charitable Foundation, Inc. ("Foundation"). The two men are next-door neighbors in Lyford Cay, a gated community on New Providence, an island in the Bahamas, and for years it had been a peaceful adjacency. Nevertheless, he has fought to have the footage ruled inadmissible. It was smelly. When he turned him down, the agent replied that Bacon would get the property one way or another, Nygard claims, adding that he doesnt know the mans name and cant remember where he worked, because it was such a joke to me. Even so, he says, he took it as a threat. This was my dream, my life wrapped up in here. But tonight hes still having fun. Louis Bacon and New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich advocate for a new approach to fighting wildfires in the American West. He no longer holds his Sunday-night pamper parties, which offered everybody free spa treatments. Early residents included Henry Ford II, Aga Khan IV, Prince Rainier III of Monaco, Huntington Hartford II, Babe Paley, and certainly the most beautiful women and some of the most powerful men in the world, Town & Country reported in 1975, marveling at how the private telephone directory for 120 villas listed Heinz and Menzies, Goulandris and Niarchos, McMahon and Mellon. The piece was accompanied by a lavish Slim Aarons photo spread. Now it kind of looks like what the English call a ha-ha: the road drops and it feels more private. [1], Bacon was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on July 25, 1956. For more than a decade the men battled in courts from London to Los Angeles, exchanging lawsuits over development rights and defamation suits, including accusations of drug trafficking, character assassination and even a soupon of murder. People he employed posted an elaborate series of YouTube videos and launched fake news Web siteswith names such as Bahamas Citizen and Bahamas Nationaldevoted to ruining Bacons name. A second estate in Lyford Cayfor spillover guests or staffhas an indoor squash court. Mr. Bacon is also the Chairman of The Moore Charitable . His market insights allowed him to profit during the market crash and subsequent rebound. In this world, you dont disclose a lot, says Ian Levy, who, with his wife, Charlotte, manages the household staff of seven (more when the Bacons are there). I never moved here to Nygard Cay because of Lyford Cay. [30], Bacon owns the Trinchera Blanca Ranch located in the San Luis Valley. But Nygardwho has estimated that he spends a good 5 percent of his day battling Baconwasnt interested. He has seven children, four with his first wife and three with his current wife. Louis Moore Bacon is the founder, Chairman and principal investment manager of Moore Capital Management, LP (Moore Capital). In a court filing, he referred to it as a toilet drain., Nygard likes the idea that people think theyre going to a separate island when they go to his place, says Louis Bacon, a titan of New York finance and the neighbor who constructed the strategic no-parking zone. The owner just wont let you over there to search for it.. Getting younger., More than anything, Nygard is proud of his concrete sanctuary, which in 1992 he persuaded the Bahamian government to rename Nygard Cay to coincide with a Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous segment. But that was then, and this is now. But I agree with it. Has he bankrolled it? Buffetts representatives did not reply to requests for comment. As of February 2017, Forbes Magazine estimates his net worth to be US$1.81 billion, making him the 374th richest person on the Forbes 400. A key component of Bacons defamation suit, which his attorney, Orin Snyder, vows will have its day before a jury, is a 1,000-hour cache of footage shot by Nygards personal videographer, Stephen Feralio. By Eric. He mentions that his assistant is one of my main girlfriends.. On another is Bacons face with the word CRIMINAL stamped over his forehead. The 289-foot yacht is the largest private sailboat in the world based . Bacons hedge fund firm, Moore Capital Management, will be returning all client money in its three main funds, further signaling tough times in the hedge fund business. Nygard doesnt deny his participation in the campaign. Nygard says the accretion to his acreage was brought about by a severe change in ocean currents in the 1990s, and points to a study he commissioned that concluded his dredging had little impact on the coastline. He ignored Bacons offer and soon hit him with another lawsuit, and the Internet campaign against him was launched. He dated Anna Nicole Smith for several years. A battle between hedge-fund billionaire Louis Bacon and a Canadian clothing magnate spills into New York court. Was Tiffany involved? This chart appears in the Mar. I dont know if theres any substance to it, but I was told Captain Kidd buried treasure there, the sailor, who asked to remain anonymous, said. He bought his house, a modest beach bungalow, in 1984 for $1.76 million. Snyder secured the mans testimony and has sought access to the recordings, which he claims show Nygards involvement in the harassment campaigninstructing employees on what he wants their YouTube spots to contain, for instanceas well as Peter Nygards meetings and interactions with Bahamian officials regarding construction at Nygard Cay, and Mr. Nygards donation of money to Bahamian politicians, according to Feralios attorney. It has reached a point where neither man, though each used to consider Lyford Cay his rightful home, spends much time there anymore. Bacon is a well-known American investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. The world desperately needs leaders with the courage, drive and political skills to fight climate change and help restore the natural world. An easement is what the driveways creator, the developer E. P. Taylor, a Canadian brewing tycoon, termed this shared passage when he established Lyford Cay in 1955. And more! For the preceding 400 years it had been known as Simms Point. Reclusive billionaire Louis Moore Bacon is emerging from the shadows in a southern Colorado showdown over solar-power transmission lines. Louis Bacon, founder of The Moore Bahamas Foundation, an affiliate of The Moore Charitable Foundation (MCF), pledged $1m for a combination of short-term and long-term hurricane relief and reconstruction following the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian. Bacon responded by suing Nygard and obtaining a court injunction to remove it. It may be that the only thing Bacon and Nygard have in common, besides a Lyford Cay address, is their joint refusal to ever back down. In January 2015, he leveled a $100 million defamation complaint against Nygard in New York, where both mens businesses are headquartered. Later he left the firm and returned to Walter N. Frank & Co. where he traded currencies. Then a sex scandal rocked his marriage and ended his lucrative stewardship of the evangelical education empire founded by his father. Mr. Bacon is also the Founder and Co-Chair of The Moore Charitable Foundation, Inc. (Foundation). [2] Bacon later worked as a broker and trader of financial futures at Shearson Lehman Brothers and eventually became the senior vice president for their futures trading division. I helped to save his life, Nygard says of the time Bacon and his property manager got marooned during a fishing expedition. Bacons hedge fund is name-checked, too: MOORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT. Today, Robins Island provides a safe haven for threatened local shorebirds, including terns, piping plovers, sandpipers and oystercatchers. Peter Nygard is a force for good.. Nygards response to the defamation suit against himon full display in his legal counterclaimhas been to double down and peddle more unverifiable and scandalous stories about Bacon. The international conservation organization celebrates Louis Bacons commitment to forest health across the United States. Hedge fund billionaire Louis Bacon did so at a cost of $400 million--and his privacy. It wasnt vengeance, he says. We hired a sound consultant in the U.K. to see if we could somehow muffle the sound from Nygards by emitting a counter-sound, but that proved terribly complicated, so we went and got four huge rock-concert speakers to play something loud in response, Bacons architect, Peter Talty, says. Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and conservation philanthropist Louis Bacon say super fires should not be the new normal. [14], In early 2019, it was reported that Peter Nygrd had filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Court in Manhattan alleging that Bacon had violated sections of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. 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He flies there in a private jet that bears the words PETER NYGARD N FORCE and once reportedly had a strippers pole inside. The retired media executive added that hes heard about well-attended bird hunts on the island.I heard that Jimmy Buffett was shooting there in November, he said. New York hedge-fund manager Louis Bacon, 61, has filed a $50million defamation suit against Canadian clothing tycoon, Peter Nygard, 71. Louis Moore Bacon is the founder, Chairman and principal investment manager of Moore Capital Management, LP ("Moore Capital"). Thanks for contacting us. His Colorado donation of 167,000 acres on the Trinchera Blanca Ranch to the US Fish and Wildlife Service was the largest it ever received. [8] In March 2010 Forbes Magazine estimated Bacon's net worth to be $1.5 billion, and ranked him as the 655th richest person in the world. 8 His latest yacht has an indoor paddle tennis court. In a legal filing, Nygards lawyer characterized them as military-grade speakers that blared dangerous, pain-inducing sound waves toward Mr. Nygards home., It was supposed to create white noise on my side, but that didnt work, Bacon says. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. [3], In December 2013, Bacon purchased Taos Ski Valley from the Blake family, who had owned it since 1954. (For a while, he advertised it as a rental for $294,000 a week.) Bacon took a job on the floor of the New York Cotton Exchange, working as a "runner". Every Finn starts with the saunas.. I am putting my holiday property on the market as it was intended for relaxation and enjoymentit has become anything but thanks to you. [2][3] Bacon met Walter Frank while he was working on a fishing boat on Long Island. Is there any chance this could lead to prison time? The Levys have witnessed the feud up close and speak about their neighbor with contempt. In court documents, Nygard called the reporting false and asserted that the most damning accusers had been paid off by Bacon, who calls Nygards suspicions baseless., In the summer of 2010, 11 armed Bahamian police officers conducted a raid on Point House, during which Bacons staff were searched and interrogated and his possessionsincluding pictures of his childrenwere photographed. 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He was a bit of a headache, but it was largely cordial at first. Nygard says he and Baconan odd couple if ever there was oneinvited each other for drinks at their homes. That was settled two years ago, a rare moment of dtente that could have opened the way to broader peace talks. Forbes Magazine estimates his net worth to be US$1.81 billion, making him the 374th richest person on the Forbes 400 as of February 2017. Nygard insists that his place was the Eighth Wonder of the World until Bacon ruined it. Reflects change since 5 pm ET of prior trading day. In August 2010, just after the police raid, Nygard wrote to Bacon in an e-mail, LouisAre you sure its worth it to escalate this Bahamas scrimmage? The case was eventually settled. He is the rare wealthy businessman who sees the environment as a battleground, says Robert F. Kennedy Jr., of the Waterkeeper Alliance lobbying group, a favorite charity of Bacons. I have my own life, you know? An aerial view of the western tip of New Providence, 2014. As for the real estate value of Robins Island even in a Hamptons market that is out of control with almost nothing available, according to Breitenbach neither Bacon nor his heirs will ever be able to cash in via development. For comparison, a 42-acre compound, less than one-tenth the size of Robins Island, with far less waterfront, sold in Southampton this spring for close to $145 million. Nygard, the suit alleges, has been the ringleader behind a vast multi-media smear campaignTV and radio ads purchased, Web sites created, videos doctored, T-shirts printed, and even hate rallies staged with parades through Nassauall in the name of labeling Bacon a racist, a thief, and a terrorist, and bearing messages such as BACON GO HOME. But just as one mans driveway is another mans easement, one neighbors cocktail party is anothers sleepless night due to the fact that there are 2,000 Bahamiansplus a lot of young women from islands throughout the Atlantic, not to mention Europewhooping it up at the topless bacchanal next door. In the time since Nygard began living there, his piece of land has grown from 3.25 acres to 6.1 acres. Click here for a larger version of our map of billionaire/celebrity networks. 10 He resides in Lyford Cay in the Bahamas. A lot of us in the old line viewed him as a curiosity. Louis Bacon, who's almost as famous for feuding with Canadian fashion tycoon Peter Nygard as he is for running one of the world's most successful hedge funds, is throwing in the towel as an. guests over, including royalty from around the world., Yet, Laughlin says, When somebody comes in whos of a different character and doesnt make much of an effort to assimilate, some communities are better able to deal with that than others. You have to take off your top if we go, he jokes with one of the ladies, flipping his hands upward from his shoulders to pantomime. we used to be friendswhat happened? This page was last edited on 11 November 2022, at 06:41. He probably enjoys this, Bacon says. Hes a philosopher, a visionary, a genius. Bacon says the description of his great-grandfather as a Klansman was news to him, and adds that all his life hed been taught instead about one ancestor, a Colonel Roger Moore, who stood down an angry mob to protect black prisoners from being lynched during the Wilmington, North Carolina, race riot of 1898. But Nygard got off to a bad start. Nygard says he never tried to join the club, and also denies being a bully, adding, Most of my relationships with the Lyford Cay community were pristine until Louis Bacon came and destroyed many of them. The whole thing began over a puddle in a driveway. With accusations of murder plots, assaults, fire bombings and racially-fueled smear campaigns, the feud between hedge fund billionaire Louis Bacon and clothing tycoon Peter Nygard has escalated to a new level. He talks about the virtues of exercise and healthy eating, and he takes about 50 pills a dayvitamins, supplements, pharmaceuticals, he says. (To give Nygard credit, hes industrious, Bacon concedes. [16] Nygrd and Bacon had been previously engaged in a protracted legal dispute over two adjacent properties they own in the Bahamas. I was part of his search committee. Bacon relates the same incident, though he says that Nygard was most ungallant. And one mans overflow of parked cars along the driveway on that sleepless neighbors side of the property line is another mans reason to have the section of the driveway that cuts through his property re-graded and rebuilt, adding a dip and tall flagstone walls on either side, leaving no shoulder space for anybody to ever conceivably think of parking there, while also screening the driveway from view. Hedge fund billionaire Louis Bacon's gardener is found in the buff and in the Jacuzziand also dead. An examination of the most recent short interest data revealed these five Louis Bacon stocks with particularly high short interest, as measured by "days to cover." 03 - YACHT CLUB AT PORTOFINO 04 - MURANO 05 - CONTINUUM TOWERS 06 - MURANO GRANDE 07 - ICON 08 - APOGEE 09 - ONE OCEAN 10 - SOUTH POINTE PARK Louis Bacon files $50 MILLION defamation suit against The exclusive Bahamas compounda favorite of billionaires and playboyshas been thrust into the spotlight by a a decades-long feud between neighbors Peter Nygard and Louis Bacon. Moore Capital's Louis Bacon is running out of ideas amid a volatile macro-economic environment. Ill never have that recipe again. Hes got no idea how much money he put into it the first time. Forbes once summed up his investment strategy as secretive, risk-conscious, a bit paranoid. If, on a lark, he were persuaded to read for a movie part calling for a handsome Wall Street kingpin type, hed probably be turned down because the fit seems too perfect to be credible: sculpted mandible, enviably tousled locks. He wont think of trying to replicate what he already built. In a series of exclusive interviews, Falwellaccompanied by his wife, Beckidescribes the events that led to his ouster, their fallout, and why hes finally ready to admit he never had much use for his fathers church anyway. He was giving himself testosterone shots every other day and made arrangements with a lab to receive regular injections of his own stem cells. Years earlier, Nygard had obtained a government permit to redirect the sand. The policemen didnt wear nametags. Bacon was mortified and says the chief of police told him that the sergeant in charge of the raid had acted without authorization and that Nygard had put him up to it. Nygard says that he and his guests had merely called the police because, that week, they were exposed to intolerable screeching from Bacons speakers. Under a program to improve forest health, philanthropist Louis Bacon owns a saw mill near his Colorado ranch that helps thin forests, clear dead tree and reduce the threat of catastrophic fire. Started in 1992, the Foundation supports conservation non-profits that ensure the preservation of land, water and wildlife habitats for future generations. In 2005, Nygard addressed his parking-overflow problem by laying down a 15-by-20-foot concrete slabon Bacons side of the property line. Dealing with Nygard, he says, is like having dog shit on your shoe. (Nygards riposte: I recommend that he change his shoes.), He is short on dialogue: he has little to say that his lawyers cant say for him, because hes doing his best to appear aloof, as if to assert that the feud has failed to get the better of him. louis bacon, the billionaire hedge funder and philanthropist, and ken salazar, the former u.s. secretary of the interior, announced yesterday that they have formed a new conservation-minded. one goal in mind--to make it America's next great downhill mecca. He also serves on the Leadership Council of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School and is a member of the Corporate Fund Board of the Kennedy Center. But no. Lyford Cay was designed as a gated winter community, the brainchild of the aforementioned E. P. Taylor and Sir Harold Christie, a scion of the Bahamian family that owned the original 3,000-acre plot at the western tip of New Providence. (The queen was Noor of Jordan.) But unlike his peers, who have built out-of-scale, Bond villain-esque lairs in the Hamptons, South Florida, Beverly Hills or Aspen, Bacon gave his fortress of solitude to the birds. The Louis and Gabrielle Bacon Environmental Leadership Fellowship is a transformational experience designed to prepare a new generation for environmental leadership. Both are locked in an eight-year legal war with each other that has turned each man's paradise into hell. ), Nygard vows he will never sell and says that he has never met anybody that smart, that competitive, in my life. [21], In 2002 Bacon obtained Austrian citizenship, due to a special provision for figures who have made notable achievements for Austria. Long before the puddle, Nygard clashed stylistically with much of the Lyford Cay establishment. Im into a lot of other kind of design, the New York designits more techy, he says. The signs are easily seen from the Bacon familys breakfast nook. Prior to founding Moore Capital, Mr. Bacon was a Senior Vice President-Futures at Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc. LOUIS KKK BACON. Photo by Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic/Getty Images. As for his place in Lyford, Point House, you might never guess that the owner is this rich. Because both of them happen to be billionaires, it is a picturesque driveway, lined by casuarina trees and triple Alexander palms, 200 feet north of a stunning body of water known as Clifton Bay and 100 feet south of an even more stunning vista upon the Atlantic Ocean. As a former yacht captain, if I am sailing and my owner decides to cross with another boat, the other captain and I wont even refer to our boats owners by name. In the early days, my dad would sit at the little kitchen counter in the window and do his designs on napkins, says his eldest daughter, Bianca, who works for the Nygard corporation. I had to move the business as a fiduciary. Thats when Nygard got mad. The fellowship brings together emerging leaders from government, business, and NGOs who . And it had mosquitoes. All rights reserved. And in order to come to our place you had to go and wear rubber boots to come and knock on our door, says Peter Nygard, a Canadian manufacturer of womens wear and the neighbor at the end of the road who threw the parties. In July, the judge assigned to the case issued a ruling limiting Bacons complaints to alleged smears that were published in mid-January 2014 or laterleaving him with 30 of the original 135 claims against Nygard. [2][4], While at Columbia, Bacon traded commodities using a low interest loan he had received. Media mogul Ted Turner and Louis Bacon both own ranches in the San Luis Valley, which straddles the border . Louis Bacon is a conservation philanthropist and the founder and Chairman of Moore Capital Management, LP established in March 1989. But the very fact that area brokers, who make it their business to know the ins and outs of the Hamptons best estates, are foggy on its structures and amenities illustrates just how thick the veil of mystery is surrounding Robins Island. My wife called him, and he came over to our house. He sued a former associate for claiming that Nygard had deliberately hired celebrity lookalikes to attend his Oscar party, according to the lawsuit. Many have been asked to accomplish the task while playing "Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon," [], Master of Business Administration, Columbia Business School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Middlebury College. I dont know if theres any substance to it, but I was told Captain Kidd buried treasure there. Left, by Phil Roach/Globe Photos/Zuma Press/Alamy; Right, by Yann Dandois. Nygard misses the life he had in Lyford before Baconwhom he refers to as my nice neighborbegan to get in the way. A sailor in Montauk dressed in a dark tan safari vest and truckers cap emblazoned with the word CASH added that he has heard urban legends about Robins Island. We went and got a special barge, huge undertaking, he says of importing them, adding that it was the first building he erected. [2] In 1989, Bacon used his middle name when he founded Moore Capital Management LLC; in 1990 he founded Moore Global Investments, using $25,000 inherited from his family. The decision was criticised, as no achievement by Bacon on behalf of Austria was documented. This easement will provide the founding tract for the proposed new Sangre de Cristo Conservation Area. He took steps to sue the Lyford Cay Property Owners Association. The former was founded in 1989, and the latter in 1990. Initially, the Foundation agreed to give the information to Bacon's solicitors,[14] but later said it would cooperate only with a court order in the U.S., saying "Please note that we do not comply with foreign subpoenas absent an immediate threat to life or limb. They managed an agreement (via their groundskeepers) on choices of island ficus and bougainvillea to plant along the easement. The Tao of Taos: Can Louis Bacon Make New Mexico's Soulful Ski Valley a Downhill Mecca? Louis Moore Bacon, whose firm has been caught up in an insider trading scandal today, purchased the beautiful Robins Island back in 1993 for a mere $11 million. While neither the notoriously press-shy Bacon nor his philanthropic Moore Charitable Foundation would comment to The Post, a spokesman did make clear that regular hunting parties and celebrity sightings on Robins Island were no more than idle gossip.The official word about Buffett, for instance, is that no one knows anything about the king of the Parrotheads ever dropping by for a friendly visit. Jerry Falwell Jr. was the Trump-anointing dark prince of the Christian right. Member firm Edgerly & Crocker since 1900; also of Central Aguirre Sugar Co. Republican. He attended Middlebury College in Vermont where he received his BA in American literature, graduating in 1979. They all consider driving to town for the parade celebrating Junkanoo, a national holiday. If you have any problems, any concerns, any annoyancesjust ask me direct Im sure we can work them out amicably., To which Bacon replied, You are the one with the various lawsuits against me Peter, so I find this quizzical. 6 He is an art collector. Todays roster is sleepy by comparison: aside from Sean Connery (who, nearly a half-dozen James Bonds ago, shot Thunderball and several other films here), there are scores of semi-anonymous businessmen or their progeny. The latter-day Hatfields and McCoys never did mend their faces, although in the end Bacons foundation is famed in the Bahamas for its work conserving the oceanic white-tip shark, while Nygrds NYC headquarters were raided last year by the FBI before he was formally charged with sex trafficking. Nygard says he wants Bacon to leave Lyford Cay: I think, at this point, it would be better if he did. He would consider nothing less a satisfactory end to their grudge match. We've received your submission. He didnt want me to leave, Bacon says, meaning that, thanks to being freighted with a ton of neighborly litigation, Point House is essentially unsellable. (Bradys father, Nicholas Brady, was secretary of the Treasury under President George H. W. You know that song, Someone left the cake out in the rain? Louis Bacon's House - Virtual Globetrotting West Harbour, New Providence (aka Nassau So, after vacationing with his family on North Island in Seychelles, he bought it for a whopping $35 million. Nygard and one of the outsize lion heads at Nygard Cay, 2015. Of course he does. In his mirrored gym, which now functions as the dining room, he eats dinner and downs the contents of a meticulously marked Baggie full of pills handed to him by a young personal assistant. Define "Right Sidebebar Menu" from Menu Locations, The Suffolk Times recounts the history of Robins Island and Louis Bacon's work to preserve the jewel of the Peconic.. More recently, the property was transferred to a family trust intended to forever prevent further development. Its a better entrance for his guests and better for me too.. His first major conservation purchase occurred in 1993, when he bought Robins Island, a 434-acre, mostly undeveloped property in the Great Peconic Bay off Long Island. On his TV is a frozen picture of Bacon bearing the words 5 Lies of Bacon. Outside, on his volleyball court, one of several large signs reads, ITS [sic] TIME TO THROW THE TRASH OUT! Nygard and his friends sometimes refer to his estate as Disneyland on steroids. Chichn Ibiza is more like it. hoods and carried anti-Bacon signs, said he came up with the idea after he noticed, on some New York library or historical-society Web site, that someone with the same name as Bacons mother mentioned that her grandfather had been a Klan leader in North Carolina. 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