Woodline Partners LP (San Francisco)


Woodline Partners LP is a large advisory firm based in San Francisco. It manages $3.02 billion of regulatory assets for 3 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2019 and has operated in the jurisdiction of California.

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Woodline Partners provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Woodline Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Woodline Partners LP is $3.02 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. $3.02 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.


The firm manages $3.02 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $1.01 billion each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Woodline Partners LP for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Woodline Partners serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Woodline Partners is pooled investment vehicles with 3 clients and $3.02 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Woodline Partners has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.


The amount of regulatory assets under management is $3.02 billion for 3 clients. 66% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Woodline Partners also advises several private funds. Namely, one hedge fund. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $20,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Woodline Partners LP

The company employs 24 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 63 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers



Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Woodline Holdings Llc General partner 1 Oct 2018 Other 83-1734101
Matthew Paul Hooker Chief operations officer 1 Oct 2018 Other 4438239
Karl Heinz Kroeker Co-chief investment officer 1 Oct 2018 25% - 50% 4055377
Michael Clifford Rockefeller Co-chief investment officer 1 Oct 2018 25% - 50% 4889175
Aaron Ben Moatz Partner / limited partner 1 Oct 2018 Other 4238341
Christopher Michael Todd Chief financial officer 1 Jan 2019 Other 6626764
Erin Sian Mullen Chief compliance officer 1 May 2019 Other 7126977
Christopher Glenn Hawkins Partner / limited partner 1 May 2019 Other 7132087
Steven Daniel Rosenberg Partner / limited partner 1 May 2019 Other 5148238
Charlton Han Yu Partner/limited partner 1 Aug 2019 Other 3134909

Based in San Francisco

The principal office where Woodline Partners LP performs its advisory services is located at Four Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA 94111, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 415-801-4550. The normal business hours are 6:30 am - 4:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at woodlinepartners.com/ and its LinkedIn profile.