Over the span of two decades, she rose to the top of the firm as the only female partner and senior portfolio manager—in what became one of the largest hedge funds in the U.S. Damsel in Distressed explores the innerworkings of hedge funds while exposing what it takes to succeed as a woman investor.
“Damsel in Distressed is an often-hilarious romp through the jungles of high finance...I suspect it will become a classic of the genre.” —Wall Street Journal
One of the only senior women in the hedge fund business, Dominique Mielle spent twenty years as a partner and senior portfolio manager at Canyon Capital, a $25 billion fund. In 2017, she was named one of the “Top 50 Women in Hedge Funds” by Ernst & Young.