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Simon M. Lorne (born February 1, 1946) is an American lawyer and businessman. He is currently Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer of Millennium Management LLC, a large, global alternative investment asset manager based in New York City.

Early Life and Personal History Simon Michael Lorne was born in Hampton, England, February 1, 1946. In 1952 the family emigrated to the United States, at the time as a result of a short-term transfer of his father by British Petroleum PLC. He attended the Woodside Priory School in Portola Valley, California, Occidental College (A.B., cum laude, 1967) and the University of Michigan Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1970). At Occidental, Lorne was a member of Phi Sigma Omicron fraternity, majored in Economics and lettered on the Soccer Team. He was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. At Michigan, Lorne received numerous awards, was a member of The Barristers’ Society and Order of the Coif and was Articles and Book Review Editor of the Michigan Law School. During that period he was also commissioned an officer in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, receiving an honorable discharge in 1971.

Career Lorne joined the Los Angeles law firm then named Munger, Tolles, Hills and Rickershauser (now Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP), becoming a member of the State Bar of California in 1971 and a partner in the law firm in 1972. His practice from the outset centered on securities law, corporate law and corporate governance. In 1977, on sabbatical leave from the law firm, he was a visiting associate Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Director of the Center for Study of Financial Institutions at that University, returning to his law firm in 1978. During the 1980’s, Lorne concentrated on the private practice of law, but continued with some academic interests, serving as an adjunct Lecturer in Law at the University of Southern California Law Center (1986-1988), and publishing a number of articles, books and monographs. In 1993, Lorne was appointed General Counsel of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, a position he held until 1996. During his tenure, among other things, he defended the rule prohibiting municipal securities dealers from contributing to political campaigns against constitutional (first amendment) challenge. In 1996, he left government service to join Salomon Brothers and Salomon Inc in New York as a Managing Director and global head of internal audit. In 1998 Salomon merged into Travelers Inc, which subsequently merged with Citicorp to form what is now Citigroup. Lorne remained with the firm until 1999, his last position being as global head of the Citigroup compliance function. In 1999 Lorne returned to his position as a partner with Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles. In 1999 he also joined as co-director the Stanford Law School’s Directors’ College, a program for the education of independent corporate directors that had been initiated by Professor (and former SEC Commissioner) Joseph A. Grundfest in 1994. Lorne continues to serve in that role. In 2002, Lorne joined the Board of Directors of Opsware, Inc. (formerly Loudcloud, Inc.) and Chaired its Audit Committee. Opsware was founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz and was eventually acquired by the Hewlitt-Packard Company in 2007. In 2004, he was recruited to join Millennium Management LLC as Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer, initially to deal with matters involving trading in mutual funds that had raised some regulatory difficulties. Those issues were resolved in 2005. He still holds that position. He is also a Director of Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TDY), and serves on the boards of the Alternative Investment Management Association Limited (AIMA), Irish Repertory Theater, and the National Center for State Courts (where he Chairs the Development Committee and the Investment Committee).