Robert Citrone

Robert K. Citrone (born November 8, 1964) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager, the co-founder of Discovery Capital Management, and minority owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Citrone was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Pittsburgh.¹² Citrone received a bachelor's degree in Economics and Math with honors from Hampden–Sydney College in 1987. After a short stint in the fixed income trading group at First Boston, Citrone enrolled in the MBA program at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business where he graduated as a Shermet Scholar in 1990.

In 1990, Citrone was hired as a corporate-bond analyst at Fidelity Investments.³ At Fidelity, Citrone ran the Emerging Market Fixed Income and Currency Group, which he grew to over $7 billion in assets under management. He resigned from Fidelity in 1995 and joined Tiger Management.³ At Tiger, Citrone worked as a managing director and led global emerging market investments. In 1999, Citrone co-founded Discovery Capital Management.⁴

In September 2025, it was reported that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s $20 billion Argentinian bailout would deliver a significant windfall to Citrone, an old friend of Bessent's.⁵⁶ Bessent and Citrone had been colleagues while working for Soros Fund Management.⁷

Citrone has four children with his wife, Cindy. He and Cindy are minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.⁸ In 2016, they were awarded the Dr. Freddie Fu Sports Leadership Award for giving back to their hometown.⁹