The founder of a $5 billion hedge fund just kicked off a summer music tour

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July 10, 2017 8:26 PM

You might remember PDT's Pete Muller from a song about a divorced billionaire named Ken. Thursday's event was a decidedly more muted affair.

Pete Muller, the founder of $5 billion hedge fund PDT Partners, kicked off a summer tour across Europe with a performance Thursday, July 6, in New York.

You might remember Muller from his concert last year during which he performed a song about a divorced hedge fund billionaire named Ken who had recently rejoined the dating scene. Thursday's event, at Manhattan's Cutting Room, was a decidedly more muted affair.

Muller played songs from his repertoire, such as "Almost" – a "Pete Muller classic," according to a PDT staffer.

The band was also big on covers, such as Gotye's "Somebody that I used to know" and The Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses."

The crowd included Two Sigma cofounder John Overdeck, staff from PDT Partners and Goldman Sachs, Muller's family and Muller's PR contact, Jonathan Gasthalter.

The concert kicks off Muller's summer tour – he's planning five

By 1999, he needed a break and went on sabbatical, traveling the world and playing music in the New York subway.

The July 6 event raised $16,000 for MoMath, the National Museum of Mathematics.

"I’m psyched that we did it with a sold-out show," Muller said.

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