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TRX Sohn Investment Conference marks three decades of funding paediatric cancer research
Hedgeweek reports that the Sohn Investment Conference, first held in New York in 1995, grew from a memorial event for Wall Street professional Ira Sohn into a global series of investor conferences. The post states the conferences have raised in excess of $150m for paediatric cancer research and previews the 2026 London event, with co-chairs Dina Geha and Piers Butler discussing its history.
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- Reported by Hedgeweek alone, with no second source or primary confirmation yet
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The Sohn Investment Conference was first held in New York in 1995, after Ira Sohn's death from cancer in 1993.
“That idea became the Sohn Investment Conference, first held in New York in 1995.”
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The Sohn Investment Conference has raised in excess of $150m in research funds.
“With in excess of $150m in research funds raised, the Sohn Investment Conference is now a worldwide phenomenon”
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Proceeds from the conferences are donated to paediatric cancer research.
“sell tickets to attend, and donate the proceeds to paediatric cancer research”
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