Alan Fournier is the founder and managing member of Pennant Capital Management, a long/short hedge fund. Prior to setting up Pennant Capital, Fournier had worked at Sanford C. Bernstein, and David Tepper’s Appaloosa Management. He has also been a portfolio manager at Hagler, Mastrovita and Hewitt, and at Pzena Investment Management. Fournier graduated in mechanical engineering in 1983 from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA.