When he left for Harvard, Mr. El-Erian had been managing director and senior portfolio manager, overseeing the $28 billion emerging markets bond fund.
The initial plan is for Hot Hands to be managed by 10 people hired from StockJungle.com's message board, with each manager overseeing $1 million.
The bridegroom's mother works from Oceanside as an editorial project manager overseeing the creation of teachers' editions of textbooks.
Jesse Cohn, the Elliott portfolio manager overseeing the hedge fund's bid, said in a statement: ""This is a good outcome.
The result would be a giant, the world's second-biggest fund manager, overseeing $1 trillion-worth of assets.
She is a project manager, overseeing design and construction teams at Levien & Company, development supervisors in Manhattan.
Mr. Reiter was earning about twice as much as a manager overseeing 35 people at a small manufacturing company.
She is now a senior executive manager overseeing 20 consultants, driving the Dodge minivan that she earned as an incentive.
Mr. Buchanan, 34, is a manager overseeing a group of software engineers at the New York office of Google.
The experience and track record of Sam S. Kim, the portfolio manager overseeing Willow since it began operations in 2000, was another selling point.
