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Top 25 Alternative investment managers based in Chicago, United States

Name: Alternative investment managers based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 83 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 83 alternative investment managers headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 5,366 professional contacts across them, including 2,908 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers alternative investment managers headquartered in Chicago, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest alternative investment managers based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 83 alternative investment managers based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to alternative investment managers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Balyasny Asset Management L.P	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,253 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is a diversified global investment firm founded in 2001 by Dmitry Balyasny, Scott Schroeder, and Taylor O'Malley.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Lasalle Investment Management	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	985 contacts →
	Strong evidence “LaSalle is one of the world's leading investment managers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Harrison Street Asset Management	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	381 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Harrison Street Asset Management is a leading global alternative investment management firm with over $108 billion in assets under management through highly differentiated assets…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	PPM America, INC	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	292 contacts →
	Strong evidence “PPM America, Inc.(PPM) is a client-focused investment manager.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Kovitz	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	110 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Kovitz connects high net worth individuals, institutions and financial professionals to customized asset management and advisory strategies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Segall Bryant & Hamill	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	107 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1994, Segall Bryant & Hamill (SBH) provides professional portfolio management of domestic and international equity and fixed income portfolios, as well as alternative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Driehaus Capital Management LLC	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	92 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Driehaus Capital Management LLC is a privately held investment management boutique based in Chicago, Illinois.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Great Lakes Advisors	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	76 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1981, Great Lakes Advisors® is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with offices in Tampa, FL and Stamford, CT.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Victory Park Capital Advisors	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	74 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Victory Park Capital Advisors, LLC (“VPC” or the “Firm”) is a global alternative asset manager that specializes in private asset-backed credit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	First Trust Capital Management L.P	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	63 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We offer a curated spectrum of alternative investments across private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, real estate, and private credit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Duff & Phelps Investment Management CO	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	63 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Duff & Phelps Investment Management pursues specialized investment strategies with exceptional depth of resources and expertise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	RCM Alternatives	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	55 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We help investors, asset managers, and brokers succeed in the alternative investment space.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Advisory Research Investment Management	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Advisory Research Investment Management is a Chicago-based asset manager.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	WP Global Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Partial evidence “WP Global Partners provides global institutional clients with portfolio exposure to private equity, venture capital, and private debt investments through strategically tailored…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Dearborn Partners	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Dearborn Partners is a leading independent investment management firm based in Chicago, Illinois.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	ZCM	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ZCM has been a partner in our clients’ success since 1991.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Wolverine Asset Management, LLC	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Wolverine Asset Management, LLC is a registered investment advisor managing private investment funds exclusively for qualified investors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	OAK Ridge Investments	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Strong evidence “ABOUT OAK RIDGE INVESTMENTS: Oak Ridge Investments, LLC, is an investment management firm headquartered in Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Uhlmann Price Securities, LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Headquartered in Chicago, Uhlmann Price Securities is a full service, privately owned brokerage firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	XA Investments LLC	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Strong evidence “XA Investments LLC (XAI) is a Chicago-based boutique alternative investment management and consulting firm founded by XMS Capital Partners in 2016.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Eckhardt Trading Company	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Eckhardt Trading Company ("ETC") is an alternative investment management firm that specializes in the trading of global financial and commodity futures.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Schwartz Capital Group	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Schwartz Capital Group, formerly TCS Group, LLC, is an entrepreneurial and dynamic investment business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	JHL Capital Group LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “JHL Capital Group is a registered investment adviser founded in 2006.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Lgim America	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “LGIM America (LGIMA) was founded in 2006 with the purpose of helping people achieve their long-term financial goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Attain Capital Management	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Attain Capital Management ("Attain") is a specialized asset management firm focusing on unique alternative investments in markets around the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: alternative investment managers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names alternative investment managers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of alternative investment managers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name alternative investment managers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Alternative investment managers based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

54.2%Verified-email coverage

64.7Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

460.2%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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501-1,000

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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 83 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among alternative investment managers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “alternative investment managers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names alternative investment managers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among alternative investment managers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,908 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Alternative investment managers by metro in the United States

Alternative investment managers in New York382
Alternative investment managers in Chicago83
Alternative investment managers in Miami60
Alternative investment managers in Dallas58
Alternative investment managers in Los Angeles57
Alternative investment managers in Boston53
Alternative investment managers in San Francisco36
Alternative investment managers in Houston28
Alternative investment managers in Atlanta26
Alternative investment managers in Denver26
Alternative investment managers in Greenwich26

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names alternative investment managers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many alternative investment managers are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 83 alternative investment managers headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Balyasny Asset Management L.P, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most alternative investment managers?

New York leads with 382 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (83) and Miami (60).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,908 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 83 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.