Jon Bauer co-founded Contrarian Capital with Janice Stanton and Gil Tenzer in 1995. The trio had worked together managing funds and capturing opportunities in distressed companies at Oppenheimer & Co. Bauer was actually the founder and head of the Distressed Securities Group there. Today, Contrarian still keeps its focus on distressed investing. Jon Bauer's Contrarian Capital has more than $3 billion in AUM.