Career
Ara Cohen has been Managing Member of Knighthead Capital Management since May 2008. Ara Cohen is a control person of the firm and directly owns between 10% and 25% of it. Ara Cohen holds a Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College.
Knighthead Capital Management, LLC is a New York, NY firm with $19B under management, 50 clients and 29 advisers across 3 offices, as of its May 2026 filing.
Knighthead identifies Ara Cohen as a co-founder and co-managing member and describes his investment career and prior role at Redwood Capital Management.
The IAPD individual lookup on 18 October 2026 returned no individual record. This profile uses the firm’s Form ADV officer listing.
Credentials and registrations
Individual registration and examination information for Ara Cohen is unavailable. An officer title or CRD number does not by itself establish current investment adviser representative registration, and no registration or examination counts are inferred.
Officer record
- Full name
- Ara Cohen
- CRD
- 5924168
- Record basis
- Form ADV officer listing
- Firm bio
- knighthead.com
Disciplinary history is not reported here, in either direction. Check the SEC record.
Common questions
Where does Ara Cohen work?
Ara Cohen has been Managing Member of Knighthead Capital Management, LLC since May 2008, and is a control person of the firm.