Point72

Global alternative asset management firm
Last updated:
January 5, 2026
Company details
HQ
Stamford, CT
HEADCOUNT
3000-9999
ORG TYPE
Corporate
SECTOR
Finance
About the company
Point72 is a global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Point72 invests across multiple strategies including fundamental equities, systematic investing, macro, private credit, and venture capital. Point72 employs investing teams alongside technology, research, and investment-services functions that support the platform. Point72 reports approximately $41.5B in AUM and 3,000+ employees globally.
Locations and presence
Point72 is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut and lists offices in major hubs including New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Miami, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo. Early-career programs are run in multiple offices depending on track, with some Academy training components explicitly centralized in New York for the US internship.
Palpable Score
77.9
/ 100
Point72 is one of the clearer early-career employers in hedge funds because Point72 runs structured pathways like Point72 Academy and Cubist Quant Academy alongside a broad summer internship program across business functions. Point72 gives candidates more process clarity than many peers for flagship programs (including case study and assessment steps) and backs early careers with formal training, coaching, and desk exposure. The score is capped because transparency and feedback consistency varies outside the best-documented programs, and Point72 does not publish cohort-level outcomes like retention, conversion, or time-to-promotion.
Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

17.8
/ 20
  • The company runs Point72 Academy with an 8-week summer internship feeding into a 10-month paid full-time Academy Associate program for upcoming graduates.
  • Point72 lists multiple early-career tracks beyond fundamental equities, including a year-long rotational Cubist Quant Academy for STEM graduates and internships across areas like Market Intelligence, Technology, and other business functions.
  • The company places interns across a wide set of global offices and posts recurring campus-cycle opportunities, rather than relying only on occasional “junior” hiring.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

13.3
/ 20
  • The company spells out concrete steps for the Academy internship in at least one live posting, including essays and resume screening, a case study, an online assessment, and virtual 1:1 interviews with the Academy team.
  • Point72 publishes candidate-prep content from recruiters (plus older program-specific guidance like an initial online questionnaire for the Academy internship), which helps first-time candidates understand what strong signals look like.
  • The company’s process standardisation is uneven across the wider firm, with third-party interview summaries showing a mix of tests, presentations, and varying communication patterns depending on role and team.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

17.0
/ 20
  • The company positions Point72 Academy as classroom training plus firsthand exposure to discretionary investing teams, with program content covering core analyst skills like accounting, modeling, presenting, and compliance.
  • Point72 describes structured intern learning on the Students & Early-Career page, including mentorship from experienced professionals, intern programming, senior leader sessions, and skill development in writing and presentations.
  • The company supports “learn-by-doing” for Academy interns via coached work like data analysis support and a final investment pitch, which is more structured than typical hedge fund internships.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

14.3
/ 20
  • The company publishes a prorated annualized base-salary range on at least one US Point72 Academy internship posting, which is a practical pay-transparency signal for an entry route that many finance firms keep opaque.
  • Point72 lists substantial stability benefits on the public “Working Here” page, including employer-matched retirement plans, tuition assistance, and parental and family leave (with benefits varying by region).
  • The company does not consistently publish salary ranges across the broader early-career surface area (especially outside the most regulated locations and the highest-profile programs), which limits pay comparability before candidates invest time.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

15.5
/ 20
  • The company ties Academy training to a defined outcome: Academy graduates earn the opportunity to join a fundamental equities team and Point72 reports 200+ Academy graduates moving into analyst roles, with public alumni claims that some graduates later became portfolio managers.
  • Point72 shares specific longevity and progression signals in London, including a public statement that analysts hired in 2016 progressed to portfolio manager roles and that Investment Services staff move between offices and teams.
  • The company does not publish cohort outcomes like intern-to-offer rate, Academy completion rate, retention by cohort, or typical time-to-promotion, so early-career predictability still depends on scattered program stats and stories rather than full metrics.

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