Kozma Street Cemetery - Kozma Street Cemetery

Mr. Michael Perl is Chairman of Friends of Budapest Jewish Cemetery, responsible for global fundraising.

Mr. Perl is a veteran investor in financial markets with a specialty in emerging markets. In 2011, he founded Harbor Bridge Capital Management, a New York- based investment firm, where he now serves as Managing Partner. Prior to that, he was Managing Director at Duquesne Capital Management, where he led emerging markets investments, following a term as Principal and Manager of the Emerging Markets fund at Morgan Stanley.

The son of a Hungarian child survivor who settled in Australia just prior to the Hungarian revolution, Mr. Perl maintains his family’s historic connection to Budapest, where family members made significant contributions in the field of medicine, retail and banking- and where three generations are buried. Other relatives, including his grandfather, are inscribed on the Holocaust memorial as it is unknown where their remains lie.

Mr. Perl earned his Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) in finance, accounting and taxation at the University of New South Wales. He resides in New York City with his wife Gisela and their three children.