Steve Mandel is the founder of Lone Pine Capital, a public equity asset management firm that he started in 1997.  Prior to founding Lone Pine, Mr. Mandel was managing director and consumer analyst at Tiger Management Corporation (1990-1997), mass-market retailing analyst at Goldman, Sachs (1984-1990) and consultant at Mars and Company (1982-1984).  Mr. Mandel graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy (1974), Dartmouth College (1978) and Harvard Business School (1982).  He served as board chair of Teach for America and Dartmouth College and is a former trustee of Phillips Exeter Academy and The Children’s School in Stamford, CT.  He is also a founder and board member of the Lone Pine Foundation, whose mission is to help children and families in the communities where Lone Pine has offices.  He is also a director of the ZOOM Foundation, a family foundation focused primarily on education and the environment.  Mr. Mandel and his wife Sue live in Greenwich, Connecticut and have three adult children.