# Chris Papagianis

> Chris Papagianis is the Chief Strategy Officer of Hudson Bay Capital Management, a multi-strategy hedge fund, a role he took in November 2023. Before that he spent nearly eight years as a partner at Paulson & Co. and president of the Paulson Family Foundation, working public markets, private investments, and the firm's government affairs. His path runs through the West Wing - he was Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy under George W. Bush - and through the policy-shop world, where he ran Economics21 at the Manhattan Institute and became one of Washington's most cited voices on housing finance and the unfinished business of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Harvard grad, Peabody Fellow, congressional witness, and a rare operator equally fluent in spreadsheets and statute.

- **Role:** Chief Strategy Officer at Hudson Bay Capital Management LP
- **Organizations:** Hudson Bay Capital Management LP, Paulson & Co., Paulson Family Foundation, Pete G. Peterson Foundation, Economics21 (e21), Manhattan Institute, The White House, United States Senate, Hoover Institution
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A.; Peabody Fellow, Harvard College / Harvard University
- **Known for:** Served as Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy in the George W. Bush White House, Testified before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on housing finance and GSE reform (2010, 2011), Testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (2012)

## Career timeline

- **2003-2006** — Policy Advisor in the U.S. Senate, serving as a top adviser to Senator Jim Talent on housing and public finance policy
- **2006-2009** — Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy in the George W. Bush White House, coordinating policy across Treasury, HUD, DOT, USDA and HHS and briefing the President on housing and finance
- **2009-2012** — Managing Director of Economics21 (e21) in New York, a research institute housed within the Manhattan Institute
- **2012-2015** — Deputy to the President & COO at the Pete G. Peterson Foundation and Director of Private Equity and Asset Management at Peterson Management
- **2016-2023** — Partner at Paulson & Co. and President of the Paulson Family Foundation, working public markets and private investments and leading government affairs
- **2023-present** — Chief Strategy Officer at Hudson Bay Capital Management LP

## Achievements

- Served as Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy in the George W. Bush White House
- Testified before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on housing finance and GSE reform (2010, 2011)
- Testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (2012)
- Built Economics21 into a prominent voice on housing finance and public finance policy
- Named a Peabody Fellow at Harvard University
- Guest contributor at the Hoover Institution and contributor at the Manhattan Institute, Reason Foundation and U.S. News

## Latest updates

- **2023-11** — Named Chief Strategy Officer at Hudson Bay Capital Management LP after nearly eight years at Paulson & Co.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-papagianis-0a109851/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/cpapagianis

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