Raymond Jones Harbert (born December 1958) is an American business executive, investor and philanthropist from Alabama. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Harbert Management Corporation (HMC), a global private investment firm with approximately US$8 billion of assets under management.[1] Harbert has served on the board of trustees at Auburn University and became the namesake of the university’s Raymond J. Harbert College of Business following a $40 million dollar donation in 2013.
Early life
Raymond Jones Harbert was born in December 1958[2] and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. His father, John M. Harbert, founded Harbert Corporation, a large multinational construction company, in 1949.[3] His mother, Marguerite Harbert, was a billionaire philanthropist.[3]