Chelsea Clinton’s husband traded on family ties to boost his hedge fund: WikiLeaks Chelsea Clinton’s husband, Marc Mezvinsky, traded in family ties to boost his hedge fund, according to allegations made by longtime Bill Clinton staffer Doug Band in hacked emails from WikiLeaks. Mr. Mezvinsky courted rich Clinton friends to invest in his fund, by extending invitations to them for Clinton Foundation events, according to WikiLeaks documents. The memos, written by Mr. Band, also claim Mr. Mezvinsky had his wife, Chelsea, make calls to Clinton Foundation donors on his behalf to set up meetings. Mr. Band wrote the emails in late 2011 and early 2012, when Mr. Mezvinsky was working with two partners to raise capital to launch a hedge fund of their own called Eaglevale Partners, according to Politico, which first reported on the Mezvinsky/Band emails. “The word among rich Clinton backers on Wall Street was that the family would look favorably on investments in Eaglevale, a major Manhattan investor told Politico.
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